{"id":"tp-2627","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Securities fraud lands Bitfunder operator in prison for 14 months","author":"Melvin Alfred Wong","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2627","datePublished":"2019-07-14T13:00:16.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-14T13:00:16.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Jon Montroll, the CEO of Bitfunder pleaded guilty to charges including securities fraud and obstruction of justice. As a result, he will be spending 14 months behind bars in a recent ruling by Judge Richard M. Berman …","section":"Regulation","references":[{"title":"Coindesk","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/ceo-of-bitfunder-exchange-gets-14-months-in-prison-for-fraud-obstruction"},{"title":"incident","url":"https://financefeeds.com/bitfunder-operator-jon-montroll-gets-prison-sentence/"}]}