Utah resident Brian Gary Sewell has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in defrauding investors out of roughly $2.9 million through an unlicensed cryptocurrency business.
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<p>Utah resident Brian Gary Sewell has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in defrauding investors out of roughly $2.9 million through an unlicensed cryptocurrency business.</p>
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<li>Brian Gary Sewell was sentenced to three years in federal prison for defrauding investors and running an unlicensed cryptocurrency business.</li>
<li>Prosecutors said he collected over $2.9 million from at least 17 victims by misrepresenting his experience and investment capabilities.</li>
<li>A separate case found Sewell operated a cash-to-crypto service that converted over $5.4 million for third parties without proper registration.</li>
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<p>Sewell pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was sentenced to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release, a Jan. 15 statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Utah said.</p>
<adv/><p>The 54-year-old Washington County resident admitted to running two parallel schemes, both of which will run concurrently with each other for a total of three years’ imprisonment, federal prosecutors noted. As a part of this sentencing, he has been ordered to pay a combined $3.8 million in restitution.</p>
<p>Between December 2017 and April 2024, Sewell allegedly “obtained money from at least 17 investors by lying about his experience, education, and ability to generate large returns” and managed to collect over $2.9 million.</p>
<p>Subsequently, from March 2020 to September 2020, he launched another unlawful venture, this time through Rockwell Capital Management, which authorities said was “an unlicensed money transmitting business.”</p>
<p>“Sewell and his company converted bulk cash to cryptocurrency on behalf of third parties, including criminals engaged in fraud and drug trafficking,” the prosecutors said.</p>
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<p>In total, he helped convert over $5.4 million worth of cash to cryptocurrency and did so “without complying with federal laws designed to prevent the movement of illicit funds.”</p>
<p>“Sewell preyed on his victims by lying about his experience and promising returns he could not deliver, leaving individuals and families to bear the consequences of his deception,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Bohls was quoted as saying.</p>
<p>As previously reported by crypto.news, Sewell also operated the American Bitcoin Academy and was first officially charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission in February 2024.</p>
<p>At the time, Sewell and Rockwell Capital Management reached a settlement with the SEC without admitting or denying the allegations and were ordered to pay a $223,229 civil penalty alongside $1.6 million in disgorgement and interest.</p>
<p>He was later arrested in Salt Lake City after a federal grand jury returned an indictment against him.</p>
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<p>Sewell’s sentencing comes just a few months after the DOJ secured a 4-year prison sentence for Samourai Wallet co-founder and CTO William Hill, and a five-year term for CEO Keonne Rodriguez.</p>
<p>As part of the sentencing, the duo agreed to forfeit $237.8 million in assets linked to illicit transactions and paid roughly $6.3 million in criminal monetary penalties and restitution.</p>
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American Bitcoin Academy founder Brian Sewell gets 3 years for $2.9M crypto fraud

犹他州居民布莱恩·加里·塞维尔因通过一家未经许可的加密货币公司诈骗投资者约290万美元，被判处三年联邦监禁。

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<div><div><p>犹他州居民布莱恩·加里·塞维尔因透过一家未经许可的加密货币公司诈骗投资者约 290 万美元，被判处三年联邦监禁。</p><adv/><div><div><span>概括</span></div><div><ul><li>Brian Gary Sewell 因欺诈投资者和经营无证加密货币业务被判处三年联邦监禁。</li><li>检察官称，他透过虚报自己的经验和投资能力，从至少 17 名受害者那里骗取了超过 290 万美元。</li><li>另一起案件发现，塞维尔经营著一家现金兑换加密货币的服务公司，在没有进行适当注册的情况下，为第三方兑换了超过 540 万美元。</li></ul></div></div><p>犹他州地区检察官办公室 1 月 15 日发表声明称，塞维尔承认犯有电信诈欺罪，被判处 36 个月监禁和三年监管释放。</p><adv/><p>这位54岁的华盛顿县居民承认实施了两项并行的犯罪计划，联邦检察官指出，这两项计划将同时执行，总刑期为三年监禁。作为判决的一部分，他还被勒令支付总计380万美元的赔偿金。</p><p>据称，从 2017 年 12 月到 2024 年 4 月，塞维尔“通过谎报自己的经验、教育和创造高额回报的能力，从至少 17 位投资者那里获得了资金”，并设法筹集了超过 290 万美元。</p><p>随后，从 2020 年 3 月到 2020 年 9 月，他又开展了另一项非法活动，这次是透过 Rockwell Capital Management，当局称其为「一家无牌汇款公司」。</p><p>检察官表示：“塞维尔和他的公司代表第三方（包括从事欺诈和贩毒的犯罪分子）将大笔现金兑换成加密货币。”</p><div><span>你可能也喜欢：</span> XRP价格守住50日均线，币安巨鲸资金流入降至2021年以来的最低水平</div><p>他总共帮助将价值超过 540 万美元的现金兑换成加密货币，并且「没有遵守旨在防止非法资金转移的联邦法律」。</p><p> 「塞维尔谎称自己有相关经验，并承诺无法兑现的回报，以此欺骗受害者，让个人和家庭承受他欺骗行为的后果，」联邦调查局主管特工罗伯特·博尔斯说道。</p><p>根据 crypto.news 先前报道，Sewell 也经营美国比特币学院，并于 2024 年 2 月首次被美国证券交易委员会正式起诉。</p><p>当时，塞维尔和洛克威尔资本管理公司与美国证券交易委员会达成和解，既不承认也不否认这些指控，并被命令支付 223,229 美元的民事罚款，以及 160 万美元的非法所得和利息。</p><p>后来，联邦大陪审团对他提起诉讼，他在盐湖城被捕。</p><h1>美国司法部判处 Samourai 钱包创办人</h1><p>Sewell 被判刑的几个月前，美国司法部刚对 Samourai Wallet 联合创始人兼首席技术官 William Hill 判处 4 年监禁，对执行长 Keonne Rodriguez 判处 5 年监禁。</p><p>作为判决的一部分，两人同意放弃与非法交易有关的 2.378 亿美元资产，并支付约 630 万美元的刑事罚款和赔偿金。</p><div><span>阅读更多：</span>民主党人抨击美国证券交易委员会对加密货币「付费参与」问题的担忧</div></div></div>

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