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

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

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2025-04-18 20:16:02
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The two Estonian founders of HashFlare, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin, who are awaiting sentencing for operating a $577 million cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme, were mistakenly ordered to self-deport by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This instruction contradicted a court order for the men to remain in Washington state until they are sentenced in August. Their lawyers informed District Judge Robert Lasnik of the Western District of Washington that both men had received ’disturbing communications’ from DHS ordering them to leave the country immediately.

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