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Cryptocurrency fraudster Stefan Qin sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in US prison

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Updated September 27 2021 - 6:31pm, first published 9:45am
Former Canberran Stefan Qin, who ripped off cryptocurrency investors in the US. Picutre: Facebook
Former Canberran Stefan Qin, who ripped off cryptocurrency investors in the US. Picutre: Facebook

Stefan Qin thought life was a video game and that he had "found the cheat code to beat it" as he treated his US$90 million (A$124 million) cryptocurrency hedge fund like a personal piggy bank.

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Blake Foden was a court reporter at The Canberra Times.

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