BitBoy Crypto Referred to FBI After Failed Court Appearance

A popular crypto influencer is avoiding his court appearance related to an alleged harassment campaign he launched against a lawyer representing FTX investors.

Highlights

• Ben ‘BitBoy’ Armstrong has been referred to the FBI after refusing to appear for a court hearing surrounding his promotion of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
• BitBoy is accused of launching a harassment campaign against a lawyer representing FTX investors.
• Judge Melissa Damian has threatened to arrest BitBoy if he doesn’t appear before Monday.
• The judge also ordered BitBoy to stop communicating publicly about lawyer Adam Moskowitz, who is representing plaintiffs in a lawsuit against multiple Youtubers that promoted FTX – one of which includes BitBoy – to appear before the court in May while he attends the Bitcoin conference in Miami, Florida.
• The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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