Tag: Cryptocurrency
Luciano Schipelliti, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2021
⏱ 2 min read Luciano Schipelliti, 28, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, allegedly ran a two-year con that left investors nearly $625,000 in the hole. The feds say Schipelliti launched a pair of cryptocurrency investment funds – Superstars Fund in late 2018 and TTM Fund in February 2021 – then promptly lost their money on bad bets.…
Christopher Furman, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read Pittsburgh lawyer Christopher Furman, 53, isn’t defending clients these days – he’s facing federal charges for allegedly pilfering $1,379,300 from the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline. The feds say between October 2024 and September 2025, Furman, as president of the board, hijacked funds meant to keep the…
Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur, Crypto Laundering, Puerto Rico, 2021
⏱ 3 min read Two alleged money launderers are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rico jail after a transatlantic takedown. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta were extradited from the Dominican Republic on March 11, 2026, to face federal charges for washing drug proceeds through cryptocurrency. The schemes allegedly ran from April 2021 through…
