A court in Brazil has found Johann Steynberg, the mastermind of the bitcoin ponzi scheme Mirror Trading International (MTI), guilty in a case in which he is accused of using a forged identity document. The court, however, commuted Steynberg’s three-and-a-half-year sentence to a fine of just over $31,000. Both Steynberg’s lawyers and the prosecution team have reportedly appealed the court’s decision.
MTI Boss Avoids Jail Time
A Brazilian court has reportedly found Johann Steynberg, the CEO of Mirror Trading International (MTI) — the defunct bitcoin ponzi scheme — guilty in a case in which he is accused of using forged identity documents. However, according to a Mybroadband report, Steynberg, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, is unlikely to serve the jail time after the court reportedly ordered him to pay a fine instead.
As previously reported by Bitcoin.com News, Steynberg, who fled South Africa in late 2020, was arrested by Brazilian law enforcement in De
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