Conor Freeman jailed for $2m cryptocurrency theft

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Conor Freeman was jailed for two years and 11 months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 17 November 2020 for cryptocurrency theft. The offences involved cryptocurrency stolen online in May 2018.

Freeman pleaded guilty to possessing proceeds of crime, stealing cryptocurrency and dishonestly operating a computer to make a gain. He had no previous convictions.

The court heard that Freeman handed gardaí an electronic wallet containing the Bitcoin remaining from his share. Judge Martin Nolan reduced a three-year sentence to two years and 11 months to account for time already spent in custody.