3 hours ago · Toronto
‘Crypto King’ spent $16.3M of investor funds on cars, credit cards, jets, security, accountant testifies
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. CBC Canada is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Toronto. The first report grouped here was at 16 Oct 2026, 22:09 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Crypto King’ spent $16.3M of investor funds on cars, credit cards, jets, security, accountant testifies”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Self-described “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski spent nearly half of the $36. 3 million investors gave him on himself and paid out about the same amount to investors as returns between 2020 and 2022, according to a senior forensic accountant who testified at his trial in Toronto’s Superior Court on Friday.
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- First reported by CBC Canada
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