BlockBeats 消息，8 月 27 日，据 Decrypt 报道，美国联邦检察官向第九巡回上诉法院提起上诉，要求增加爱沙尼亚公民谢尔盖·波塔彭科（Sergei Potapenko）和伊万·图尔金（Ivan Turõgin）在 5.77 亿美元 HashFlare 加密货币庞氏骗局案中的“已服刑时间”判决，联邦检察官称其“异常宽松”。
两人此前承认共谋罪，在 2015 年至 2019 年间通过虚假矿业合同欺诈全球 44 万受害者，展示虚构回报的“假仪表板”，并将资金用于奢侈品和支付早期提现者。此前法官仅判处两人三年监督释放和每人 2.5 万美元罚款，拒绝了检察官要求的 10 年监禁，理由是担心外国被告在美国的待遇问题，包括可能的“无限期拘留”。法律专家表示，法官基于“已服刑时间、移民风险和赔偿问题”的理由充分，第九巡回法院通常尊重地方法官裁量，判决被维持可能性高，但宽松判决可能削弱经济犯罪的威慑力。案件已没收 4 亿美元用于受害者赔偿，被称为华盛顿西区“最大欺诈案”。
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