Canadian crypto scammer gets 25 months for $13M Bitcoin theft

Trenton Richard David Johnston, a Canadian facing more than five years in prison for his role in a $13 million crypto theft, has received a 25-month sentence handed down by a Miami federal judge. The October 26 sentence came in at less than half the 51 to 63-month sentence that prosecutors were looking for. Johnston, who was arrested in March, will be credited for the seven months he has spent in custody. Authorities were able to recover only about $3.8 million of the $13 million in stolen funds. Johnston got a more lenient sentence than prosecutors wanted The 20-year-old Canadian, Johnston, entered a guilty plea on one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

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