{
  "id": 16652873,
  "title": "'Crypto King' trial hears recording of Aiden Pleterski admitting $300M fund 'never existed'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/crypto-king-trial-hears-recording-of-aiden-pleterski-admitting-300m",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-26T19:21:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/crypto-king-trial-recording-aiden-pleterski-9.7396465"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Self-described \"Crypto King\" Aiden Pleterski admitted his $300-million fund never existed in a June 2022 audio recording played in court at his fraud trial in Toronto on Monday.",
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  "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."
}