On bail for ‘astonishing’ $48M crypto theft, Hamilton teen kept stealing. He’s now an adult in U.S. prison

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Wayne Hughes

Someone holds illustrative Bitcoin coin in front of stock market exchange charts.

Now a young adult, an Ontario teen pleaded guilty this summer in a U.S. court to being part of an online scheme that targeted hundreds of victims on the social media platform X.