US Judge Orders Bitcoin Ponzi Operator Imprisoned for Ignoring Court Order to Pay SEC…

Bitcoin.com | Oct 28, 2022 at 6:00 AM
  • A district judge has ordered a bitcoin Ponzi operator to be arrested and imprisoned after he ignored multiple court orders and failed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $40 million.
  • Trendon Shavers, a resident of McKinney, Texas, owes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) more than $40 million after pleading guilty in September 2015 to one count of securities fraud.
  • Judge Mazzant’s contempt order focuses on the SEC’s effort to enforce the $40.4 million civil judgment, the publication conveyed.