Forbes has reported on a decision in a cryptocurrency case in which Yankwitt LLP partner Daniel Alter represented one of the plaintiffs. The article, “Crypto Middleman Pleads Guilty To Fraud,” provides a brief summary of the case, which involved two companies that filed a lawsuit against Barry Thompson for swindling them out of millions of dollars earmarked to buy bitcoin. Thompson pleaded guilty to fraud.
Danny was quoted in the article saying, “once the federal prosecutors from the SDNY and the CFTC enforcement lawyers became involved, I felt confident that Thompson would finally face justice.” Danny also commented that this case is one of the early ones and that there will be more to follow, but that “we are ready for it.”
Yankwitt LLP is Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes litigation. With five partners who worked as assistant U.S. attorneys, the firm is especially skilled at handling white collar criminal defense matters and other cases that require extensive investigative work. Yankwitt LLP is poised to handle other cryptocurrency cases, as part of its broad commercial litigation practice addressing claims of fraud and other misconduct, business disputes and others.
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