Timothy Paul Barnes asked friends, clients, and a charity he chaired for short-term loans. Eighteen months and nearly £2 million later, the money was in a crypto wallet that had already been drained by someone else.
A jury in Guam convicted Michael Lizaso Marasigan of running a charity bingo as a private bank. Before sentencing, he boarded a plane to the Philippines and never came back.
By Mark Tell · May 19
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