23-Year-Old Who Lied to Bank About Bitcoin Holdings Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A Pennsylvania man who told a West Virginia bank he had $640,000 in bitcoin in an effort to secure a loan pleaded guilty to bank fraud on Tuesday.

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