{
  "id": 14564407,
  "title": "Real estate developer testifies he gave 'Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski $4.5M to invest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/real-estate-developer-testifies-he-gave-crypto-king-aiden-pleterski-4",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T23:19:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crypto-king-trial-aiden-pleterski-sacha-singh-9.7380982"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Real estate developer Sacha Singh tells a Toronto court he gave self-described \"Crypto King\" Aiden Pleterski more than $4.5 million to trade in foreign exchange and cryptocurrency. That’s more than any of the 11 investors who’ve been called so far as Crown witnesses at Pleterski’s fraud trial. Most say they never got any money back.",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "MANDEL: Realtor invested $3.6 million with Ontario ‘Crypto King’ — and saw just $700K",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/mandel-realtor-invested-3-6-million-with-ontario-crypto-king-and-saw",
        "published": "2026-10-14T22:27:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Real estate developer testifies he gave 'Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski $4.5M to invest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/real-estate-developer-testifies-he-gave-crypto-king-aiden-pleterski-4-14565608",
        "published": "2026-10-14T23:19:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}