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Canadian man pleads guilty to $13 million crypto fraud

Published 11 June 2026

A 20-year-old Canadian man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering after orchestrating a social engineering scheme that stole more than $13 million in cryptocurrency. Trenton Richard David Johnston entered his plea in U.S.

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