Bitboy crypto after a failed appearance referred to the FBI in court

22. April 2023, 06:30 Uhr

Aktualisiert: 22. April 2023, 06:38 Uhr

Von Krypto News Österreich

The crypto-community influencer and YouTuber Ben "Bitboy" Armstrong was referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after refusing to appear to a court hearing in connection with his promotion of FTX.

Armstrong was pleased with his decision to skip the court session in Florida, and online posted an idea of himself on a beach on which he said that he "does not give a word".

bitboy released on Thursday at 10 a.m. should.

I should be in court today.

I'm not. Why?

because I don't give a FI

Recklessness sponsored by https://t.co/rtfomcgs5v 20. April 2023

He published another tweet The plaintiff in the case, Adam Moskowitz, who accused Bitboy, had started a harassment campaign against him.

Moskowitz serves as a lawyer and represents plaintiffs in a complaint for the failed Have recruited cryptocurrency exchange FTX - one of them includes Bitboy. Other accused influencers were Kevin Paffrath, Brian Jung and Graham Stephan Tom Nash and Erika Kullberg.

According to the charges, Bitboy sent a flood of angry messages to Moskowitz via Twitter and shared emails with him sent to the lawyer who calls him a "pussy" and a "bitch".
Moskowitz contacted his local police and the FBI at the beginning of this month because of Bitboy and said he felt "threatened" by what he or his supporters could do to him.
Several reports said that judge Melissa Damian was angry about Armstrong's absence. The lawyer of the influencer, Jason Rindenau, said that Bitboy could appear in court in May while taking part in the Bitcoin conference in Miami.
In the answer, Damian said that she would issue an arrest warrant against Armstrong if he did not appear before Monday. She also said she would report his behavior to the FBI and ordered him to hire public communication via Moscowitz - an arrangement that he has already violated.
"It is strange that people do not realize that I have real lawyers who actually know how to practice as a lawyer, in contrast to the ambulance, the Adam Moscow," said Bitboy on Thursday. "I'm not flying past the bottom of the pants here."
Bitboy himself last year, a defamation lawsuit against his YouTuber colleague Erling Mengshoel Jr. (alias "Atozy"), but later fall after large public counter reactions.