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Creator of Doomed Fyre Festival Gets 6-Year Prison Sentence

Billy McFarland defrauded investors of tens of millions of dollars.

				
CEO of Culinary School PlantLab Charged With Embezzling $2.4 MillionThe 35 felony charges against Adam Zucker include money laundering and grand theft by embezzlement.

				Hayden Field
			
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What Entrepreneurs Should Know About Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Brett KavanaughThe president has nominated the Washington, D.C. judge for the bench.

				Hayden Field
			
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Amazon Reportedly Printing a Holiday Toy Guide! 3 Things to Know Today.Stay in the know in 60 seconds.

				Stephen J. Bronner
			
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Judge Says Bitcoin Isn't Really MoneyThe ruling is good news for the defendant, who was accused of money laundering via bitcoin.

				Don Reisinger
			
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