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Camila Grigera Naón

Feds accuse crypto founder of stealing $10 million from NFT investors, spending it on Miami condo and DJ hobby

The facade of the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., behind a U.S. flag. (Credit: JRLPhotographer/Getty Images)

Four years after the collapse in the market for NFTs, the crypto world is still reckoning with the fallout. The latest example came on Wednesday when the Department of Justice indicted a man on securities and wire fraud charges for allegedly orchestrating a $10 million cryptocurrency scheme through his crypto startup, Few and Far.

The Justice Department alleges that, instead of using the funds received from investors to build out the project, Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha personally pocketed the money, gambling it away at online casinos, building his personal crypto portfolio, purchasing a luxury Miami condominium, and financing a personal DJ hobby. According to the indictment, despite the investments it received, the project never produced a functional product.

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