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Tristan Kirk

Two jailed for £400,000 bogus cryptocurrency scam

Two fraudsters who raked in more than £400,000 by selling a cryptocurrency that did not exist have been jailed.

Ross Jay, 33, and Michael Freckleton, 37, cold-called victims to sell them shares in Digi Ex, promising them profits from a rising-star in the crypto world called Telecoin.

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