PANews reported on December 18 that according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut, 31-year-old DYLAN MEISSNER was sentenced to 48 months in prison, plus two years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $4.46 million from his former employer, and was ordered to pay $4.6334 million in compensation.

Meisner, formerly the vice president of finance at a cryptocurrency research company, used his position to illegally transfer funds from the company's crypto wallets and bank accounts to make up for significant losses in his personal investments and cover up his actions through false accounts. The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David E. Novick. Meisner will begin serving his sentence on February 21, 2025.