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Former Coinbase Product Manager Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading in Landmark U.S. Case

A former product manager at Coinbase has pleaded guilty to crypto insider trading charges. Ishan Wahi, 32, admitted to sharing confidential information about cryptocurrencies the San Francisco-based exchange would be listing in a scheme that generated approximately $1.1 million in profits.

The former Coinbase employee is guilty of sharing information about upcoming new cryptocurrency listings with his brother Nikhil Wahi and a college friend, Sameer Ramani. Nikhil pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud back in September and was sentenced to 10 months in prison.

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, asserted that insider trading is a serious federal crime regardless of whether it is in the stock market or the crypto world. As such, the office is set to use its vast experience in pursuing insider trading cases to prosecute this offence to the fullest extent of the law.

Wahi is facing up to two decades in prison and is expected to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska on May 10, 2023. 

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