NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison by a New York judge who says he used a "pyramid of lies" to boost a business that helped criminals process illegal bitcoin transactions. Manhattan federal Judge Alison Nathan says the victims included a credit union that served a low-income community in Lakewood, New Jersey.

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