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Brooklyn-based Coin Cafe ordered to return $4.3 million to 'defrauded' crypto investors by New York New York attorney general

New York Attorney General Letitia James. (Credit: David Dee Delgado—Getty Images)

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced that her office had secured $4.3 million from Coin Cafe, a Brooklyn-based trading platform that promised investors free Bitcoin storage on company-hosted wallets but instead secretly charged them exorbitant fees.

Per the enforcement action, Coin Cafe will contact eligible customers and begin to refund all fees to U.S.-based investors who request a refund within the next year.

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