{"id":"tp-3500","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Early ethereum supporter Steven Nerayoff faces $12M cryptocurrency extortion charges","author":"Charissa Echavez","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/3500","datePublished":"2019-09-20T05:14:02.000Z","dateModified":"2019-09-20T05:14:02.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The U.S. law enforcement has reportedly arrested Steven Nerayoff, an early supporter of the ethereum project and Overstock’s tZero’s former paid advisor, along with Alchemist associate Michael Hlady for extortion. The…","section":"People","references":[{"title":"jointly announced","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-arrested-extortion-startup-cryptocurrency-company"},{"title":"court documents","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/press-release/file/1203466/download"},{"title":"CoinDesk","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/doj-brings-extortion-charges-against-early-advisor-to-ethereum-tzero"},{"title":"Cryptoslate","url":"https://cryptoslate.com/stormx-was-extorted-alchemist-ceo-steven-nerayoff/"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}