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NY AG’s Tether/Bitfinex probe shouldn’t leave lasting scars
The New York Attorney General’s recent $18.5 million settlement with cryptocurrency companies Bitfinex and Tether is hardly the attack on the fledgling sector’s fundamentals some people think it is, Ashley Ebersole suggests.
Mr. Ebersole is a former SEC regulatory and enforcement attorney who is now a partner with the Washington law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. We recently spoke about the settlement, which concluded an inquiry into an alleged coverup of $850 million in losses of funds held by a payment processor.
In a 2019 filing, the attorney general’s office alleged Bitfinex handed $850 million to the Panamanian entity Crypto Capital without disclosing it to investors. Bitfinex and Tether executives then allegedly engaged in a series of transactions that opened up Tether’s cash reserves to Bitfinex.
Justin Herdman
As United States attorney for the Northern Ohio District, Justin Herdman said his chief priority was to focus on saving lives.
Herdman took some time last week to look back on his four years as the top federal cop in northern Ohio, at what he did right and what he could have improved upon.
“What we did best in this office was to put deserving people in jail and take their money,” Herdman said. “That was our core competency being in the law enforcement business.”
Friday was the Ohio native’s last day on the job. He handed the office reins over to his first assistant, U.S. Attorney Bridget Brennan.