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  "id": 3224660,
  "title": "Business owner faces up to 280 years over $24M crypto Ponzi scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/business-owner-faces-up-to-280-years-over-24m-crypto-ponzi-scheme",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T07:58:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/business-owner-280-years-24m-crypto-ponzi-scheme"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A federal jury convicted Brent Kovar of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering after he took $24 million from at least 400 investors.",
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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."
}