Ferrari BTC purchase went wrong and a fraud story from Morocco (report)

Ferrari BTC purchase went wrong and a fraud story from Morocco (report)
The Casablanca Court of Appeal decided that the 21-year-old Frenchman-Thomas Clausi-would be banned an 18-month prison for orchestration of a crypto schema. The accused must compensate the victims of his fraud and pay a fine of EUR 3.4 million (3.7 million US dollars) to the customs authorities.
crypto scams have recently been quite inventive and have deducted considerable sums. Fortunately, the law enforcement agencies have arrested some of them and sent them to prison.
For example, Gilbert Armenta-the ex-lover of Ruja Ignatove (better known as "Cryptoqueen")-will sit behind bars for five years after taking part in the notorious OneCoin fraud. Cooper Morgenthau-the former African Gold CFO-was sentenced to three years in prison after stolen $ 5 million from various spacs to act with meme shares.
prison sentence for the Frenchman, but there is a hook
as Morocco World News reported, the judges of Casablanca confirmed the 18-month prison sentence of the youngster. The court proceedings against the accused began a few years ago when a French woman living in Morocco sold him a Ferrari car for Bitcoin worth $ 440,000. Local law considers the use of digital assets as an illegal payment method.
Another person claimed that Clausi bought three luxury watches in exchange for a fake check. The Casablanca court asked the man to reimburse the owner of the objects of $ 4,000. It also decided that the accused had to pay a punishment of $ 3.7 million to the customs authorities.
Clausi's lawyer-Mohamed Aghanaj-said that his client has almost served his prison sentence since he has been in a prison since December 2021:
"He has a month and a few days in prison."
Despite the hostile attitude of Moroccan legislators, cryptocurrencies in the region have become increasingly popular. The Central Bank of the State-Al-Maghribi-previously stated that it has been designed to design a corresponding regulatory framework for the investment class in order to ensure maximum security for users.
Some of the previous sentences
The courthouse of the southern district of New York (SDNY). condemned Gilbert Armenta-the former friend of Ruja Ignatova-is said to have been in the federal prison for five years because he was washed $ 300 million, which was embezzled by OneCoin investors. The prosecutors claimed that Armenta had used part of the funds for buying a jet aircraft while playing with the rest.
as cryptopotato lately registered also Cooper Morgenthau-ex-boss of African Gold-becomes the prison cell of See inside. He supposedly deducted more than $ 5 million from three spacs and used the money for the trade in shares and options of "meme shares" and cryptocurrencies.
Speaking of crypto fraudsters and possible prison terms, you should mention the notorious do Kwon (co-founder of Terraform Labs) and Sam Bankman-Fried (the former CEO of FTX). Span>
According to numerous failed investors and agencies, both men staged cryptocurrency fraud in billions of bills and deserve to go to prison. The authorities of Montenegro arrested kwon in March, after he was supposedly on the run for several months. In the near future he could either be delivered to the USA or South Korea, where a process will decide on his guilt and possible punishment.
Bankman-Fried currently lives in his parents' house in California after spending a short time in a Bahama prison. His Court of Justice In early October it will be decided whether he was involved in the gigantic FTX nuclei melt. If he is spoken guilty, he could spend his life in prison.
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