Bitcoin fraudsters made so much money they handed out £5,000 gift cards to people in the street and bought cars for people they met in the pub.
Four criminals at the centre of the £22 million conspiracy have now been sentenced to a combined total of 15 years in prison.
They worked with ringleader James Parker, who masterminded the scam from his home in Blackpool but died in 2021 before he could be brought to justice.
