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Feds Mistakenly Order Estonian HashFlare Fraudsters to Self-Deport Ahead of Sentencing

Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko ran a crypto mining Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors around the world of more than $575 million.

By Cheyenne Ligon|Edited by Nikhilesh De

Updated Apr 21, 2025, 2:52 p.m. Published Apr 18, 2025, 7:42 p.m.

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