{"id":677545,"date":"2026-10-28T21:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/canadian-crypto-king-case-to-go-to-jury-as-criminal-trial-winds-down\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T21:53:02","slug":"canadian-crypto-king-case-to-go-to-jury-as-criminal-trial-winds-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/canadian-crypto-king-case-to-go-to-jury-as-criminal-trial-winds-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian \u2018crypto king\u2019 case to go to jury as criminal trial winds down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Canadian<\/p>\n

Aiden Pleterski, facing fraud charges in Canada over his alleged role in a digital asset Ponzi scheme, said that he was innocent at closing.<\/p>\n

The criminal case of Aiden Pleterski, the self-described \u201ccrypto king\u201d who was allegedly behind a Ponzi scheme involving digital assets, will go to jury deliberations after closing arguments this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Wednesday reporting from CBC, the jury overseeing Pleterski\u2019s case will begin<\/a> deliberations on Thursday after receiving final instructions from Justice Shaun Nakatsuru. Pleterski allegedly defrauded his social media followers out of about $30 million between 2021 and 2022. He was charged with fraud in 2024<\/a> and had been awaiting trial for more than two years, choosing to represent himself<\/a> in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am innocent of these charges,\u201d said Pleterski, according to CBC. \u201cThat is why I pled not guilty. Had I not been forced to represent myself, that would have been proven. That\u2019s all I have to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aiden Pleterski, facing fraud charges in Canada over his alleged role in a digital asset Ponzi scheme, said that he was innocent at closing. The criminal case of Aiden Pleterski, the self-described \u201ccrypto king\u201d who was allegedly behind a Ponzi scheme involving digital assets, will go to jury deliberations after closing arguments this week.\u00a0 According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":677546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-677545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}