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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Lawyer for the District of Connecticut, introduced that DYLAN MEISSNER, 31, of Westport, was sentenced in the present day by U.S. District Choose Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, adopted by two years of supervised launch, for stealing greater than $4 million from his former employer.
In accordance to courtroom paperwork and statements made in courtroom, Meissner was employed at a cryptocurrency analysis agency as Vice President of Finance with entry to the agency’s cryptocurrency wallets and financial institution accounts. In roughly January 2022, Meissner obtained a 50 Ethereum (roughly $170,000) mortgage from his employer, stating that he would use the funds in an try to keep away from a considerable loss in sure cryptocurrency investments he had made utilizing his private funds. Then, from February 2022 till his termination in November 2022, in continued makes an attempt to counteract important private buying and selling losses, Meissner fraudulently diverted his employer’s funds to his personal use and coated up his conduct via false entries in the agency’s books and information. Via this scheme, Meissner stole roughly $4,461,828 from his employer.
Choose Shea ordered Meissner to pay restitution of $4,633,424.99, which incorporates the cash he stole from his employer and the mortgage he failed to repay.
Meissner, who’s launched on a $100,000 bond, is required to report to jail on February 21.
This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Lawyer David E. Novick.
