Virtual currency seller pleads guilty to $9M wire fraud
BRATTLEBORO — A man who sold virtual currency via several companies has pleaded guilty to a scheme that defrauded victims for more than $9 million.
The United States Attorney District of Connecticut announced the plea deal on Thursday afternoon.
"Homero Joshua Garza, 32, of Texas, formerly of Somers, Conn., and Brattleboro, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford {Conn.} federal court to one count of wire fraud related to his role in his companies' purported generation and sale of virtual currency," a press release from the federal attorney's office stated.
Between May 2014 and January 2016, Garza used four companies — GAW, GAW Miners, ZenMiner and ZenCloud — to defraud victims out of money, according to the press release.
Read more: http://www.reformer.com/stories/garza-pleads-guilty-to-wire-fraud,514230 (Brattleboro Reformer)
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