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New York attorney general expands crypto lawsuit tied to Winklevoss twins

The Winklevoss twins
Cameron Winklevoss, chief executive of Gemini Trust, left, speaks as Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini’s CFO, listens during a conference in Las Vegas on 12 May 2016. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The New York attorney general, Letitia James, on Friday expanded her lawsuit against Digital Currency Group and other cryptocurrency defendants, tripling the size of their alleged fraud scheme to more than $3bn.

James had in October sued DCG, its Genesis Global Capital unit, and Gemini Trust, the exchange run by twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

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