US court orders South African firm’s CEO to pay $3.4 billion for Bitcoin fraud

  • Cornelius Johannes Steynberg, CEO of a South African firm, was ordered to pay $3.4 billion for Bitcoin fraud.
  • He was ordered to pay $1.7 billion in restitution to victims of the fraud scheme and another $1.7 billion as a civil penalty.

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