Coinbase ex-manager sentenced to 2 years in prison in US insider trading case


FILE PHOTO A representation of the cryptocurrency is seen in front of Coinbase logo in this illustration taken March 4 2022. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A representation of the cryptocurrency is seen in front of Coinbase logo in this illustration taken, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ishan Wahi, a former Coinbase Global Inc product manager, was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison in what U.S. prosecutors have called the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska sentenced Ishan Wahi, 32, in Manhattan federal court after the defendant pleaded guiltyin February to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

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