22:05 Thursday , March 18th 2021
United States Department of Justice (DOJ) charged six individuals with participating in a “conspiracy to operate an unlicensed” cryptocurrency exchange business” among other offenses.
Five of those charged were also indicted with wire fraud, while one was charged with money laundering and allegedly “operating a continuing financial crimes enterprise.”
The individuals were aged between 34 and 60 years and went by the following names: Ian Freeman (formerly Ian Bernard), Colleen Fordham, Renee Spinella, Andrew Spinella, Nobody (formerly Richard Paul), and Aria DiMezzo (formerly James Baker).