According to ChainCatcher, citing a report from Decrypt, the Southwark Crown Court in the UK has recently delivered verdicts in two financial fraud cases. Raymondip Bedi and Patrick Mavanga were sentenced to 5 years and 4 months, and 6 years and 6 months respectively, for defrauding 65 investors of $2.03 million through a fake cryptocurrency consulting firm.
In another case, siblings Redinel and Oerta Korfuzi illegally profited $1.35 million using insider information and were sentenced to a combined 11 years in prison. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stated it will continue to combat financial crimes that undermine market integrity.