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  "id": 3231805,
  "title": "Las Vegas businessman faces 280 years in prison after $24 million crypto fraud conviction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/las-vegas-businessman-faces-280-years-in-prison-after-24-million",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T07:53:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-08-25-las-vegas-businessman-24-million-crypto-fraud-412690"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A federal jury convicted Las Vegas businessman Brent Kovar in a $24 million cryptocurrency scheme involving 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."
}