WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELMIN REDZEPAGIC, 25, of Wolcott, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to offenses related to a cryptocurrency fraud scheme.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between approximately May 2021 and March 2025, Redzepagic held himself out to investors as a cryptocurrency investor who earned high rates of return. Once Redzepagic had victims' initial investment, he told them they had earned a substantial profit but had to pay additional fees ("gas fees...