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Cryptocurrency firm Gotbit, founder plead guilty in US to fraud, manipulation

( March 21, 2025, 23:02 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Gotbit Consulting LLC, a financial services firm, known in the cryptocurrency industry as a “market maker,” and its founder pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Boston to criminal charges relating to the firm's fraudulent manipulation of cryptocurrency trading volume on behalf of client cryptocurrency companies. The company and Aleksei Andriunin both pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit market manipulation and wire fraud.Full statement follows:...

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