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

猶他州居民布萊恩·加里·塞維爾因通過一家未經許可的加密貨幣公司詐騙投資者約290萬美元，被判處三年聯邦監禁。

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<div><div><p>猶他州居民布萊恩·加里·塞維爾因透過一家未經許可的加密貨幣公司詐騙投資者約 290 萬美元，被判處三年聯邦監禁。</p><adv/><div><div><span>概括</span></div><div><ul><li>Brian Gary Sewell 因欺詐投資者和經營無證加密貨幣業務被判處三年聯邦監禁。</li><li>檢察官稱，他透過虛報自己的經驗和投資能力，從至少 17 名受害者那裡騙取了超過 290 萬美元。</li><li>另一起案件發現，塞維爾經營著一家現金兌換加密貨幣的服務公司，在沒有進行適當註冊的情況下，為第三方兌換了超過 540 萬美元。</li></ul></div></div><p>猶他州地區檢察官辦公室 1 月 15 日發表聲明稱，塞維爾承認犯有電信詐欺罪，被判處 36 個月監禁和三年監管釋放。</p><adv/><p>這位54歲的華盛頓縣居民承認實施了兩項並行的犯罪計劃，聯邦檢察官指出，這兩項計劃將同時執行，總刑期為三年監禁。作為判決的一部分，他還被勒令支付總計380萬美元的賠償金。</p><p>據稱，從 2017 年 12 月到 2024 年 4 月，塞維爾“通過謊報自己的經驗、教育和創造高額回報的能力，從至少 17 位投資者那裡獲得了資金”，並設法籌集了超過 290 萬美元。</p><p>隨後，從 2020 年 3 月到 2020 年 9 月，他又開展了另一項非法活動，這次是透過 Rockwell Capital Management，當局稱其為「一家無牌匯款公司」。</p><p>檢察官表示：“塞維爾和他的公司代表第三方（包括從事欺詐和販毒的犯罪分子）將大筆現金兌換成加密貨幣。”</p><div><span>你可能也喜歡：</span> XRP價格守住50日均線，幣安巨鯨資金流入降至2021年以來的最低水平</div><p>他總共幫助將價值超過 540 萬美元的現金兌換成加密貨幣，並且「沒有遵守旨在防止非法資金轉移的聯邦法律」。</p><p> 「塞維爾謊稱自己有相關經驗，並承諾無法兌現的回報，以此欺騙受害者，讓個人和家庭承受他欺騙行為的後果，」聯邦調查局主管特工羅伯特·博爾斯說道。</p><p>根據 crypto.news 先前報道，Sewell 也經營美國比特幣學院，並於 2024 年 2 月首次被美國證券交易委員會正式起訴。</p><p>當時，塞維爾和洛克威爾資本管理公司與美國證券交易委員會達成和解，既不承認也不否認這些指控，並被命令支付 223,229 美元的民事罰款，以及 160 萬美元的非法所得和利息。</p><p>後來，聯邦大陪審團對他提起訴訟，他在鹽湖城被捕。</p><h1>美國司法部判處 Samourai 錢包創辦人</h1><p>Sewell 被判刑的幾個月前，美國司法部剛對 Samourai Wallet 聯合創始人兼首席技術官 William Hill 判處 4 年監禁，對執行長 Keonne Rodriguez 判處 5 年監禁。</p><p>作為判決的一部分，兩人同意放棄與非法交易有關的 2.378 億美元資產，並支付約 630 萬美元的刑事罰款和賠償金。</p><div><span>閱讀更多：</span>民主黨人抨擊美國證券交易委員會對加密貨幣「付費參與」問題的擔憂</div></div></div>

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