New Delhi, July 14 -- WASHINGTON - In 2015, Matthew Goettsche wrote a message to the men helping him run BitClub Network that he evidently never expected anyone else to read. "We are building this whole model on the backs of idiots," he said. Eleven years later, the United States Justice Department has, in effect, agreed to spare him the experience of having a jury read it.

Federal prosecutors filed to dismiss all charges against Goettsche with prejudice on Monday, ending a case that began with his 2019 indictment for wire fraud and the sale of unregistered securities. A dismissal with prejudice is permanent. The government cannot return with the same charges, cannot ask a jury to hear what Goettsche's own co-conspirators said about the ...