Crypto Crook Caught: Shady Founder Sails to U.S. for Epic Fraud Showdown!

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So, Aleksei Andriunin, the genius behind Gotbit, has made a one-way trip to the U.S. for some delightful crypto fraud! Totally not the vacation he expected! 🛬💰

Aleksei, our not-so-innocent hero, was handcuffed in Portugal—yes, Portugal, the land of parties and pastries—back in October 2024. Now he’s got a whole buffet of charges waiting for him: market manipulation, wire fraud, and conspiracy, oh my! 😱💸 Apparently, he was playing the “let’s inflate trading volumes” game with some super sneaky wash trading moves. Bravo! 👏

At the tender age of 26, Aleksei found himself getting the celebrity treatment in the U.S. on February 25, 2025. No bail, just a spa day in a cozy holding cell while the courts get ready for their next performance! 🎭 On October 31, 2024—just in time for Halloween—the federal grand jury decided to throw a party with his indictment, love to see it! 👻🥳

They say Gotbit was like that kid in class who always wanted to be the “market maker,” and Andriunin was the ringmaster of this trading circus from 2018 to 2024. This guy was busy providing manipulation services, making trading volume rise like my blood pressure during “The Great British Bake Off.” 🍰📈

Andriunin: The Wizard of Fake Trades and Crypto Chaos 🎩✨

In a shocking twist during a 2019 chat with the media (because who wouldn’t want to spill their secrets?), our boy Andriunin confessed to crafting a “washing code.” Sounds fancy, right? This cheeky code let him pull off fake trades for clients, all while making sure their digital coins got the limelight on CoinMarketCap. Watch out, Hollywood! 🎬💃

But hold on! The prosecutors are waving their magic wands, presenting evidence that Jalili and Kedrov were in on the fun, running a fraudulent trade circus with enough trading accounts to make your head spin! 🎪🤹‍♂️ Who needs a normal job when you can manipulate millions and pocket tens of millions instead? (Just kidding, please don’t try this at home, folks!)

Now, after all this jazz, our charming defendant is facing a potential vacation behind bars! Wire fraud could mean up to twenty years of “me time,” plus some quite hefty fines—perfect for someone who clearly had a knack for making big bucks. And with that conspiracy charge? Well, let’s just say he might become very familiar with the term “lengthy incarceration.” The sentencing gods will decide his fate, but one thing’s for sure: the cryptocurrency world is on high alert! 🚨💼

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2025-02-27 12:05