{"id":939486,"date":"2026-10-20T01:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939486\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:56:10","slug":"investors-gave-crypto-king-40m-he-invested-less-than-200k-spent-5-6m-on-cars-forensic-accountant-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939486\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors gave \u2018Crypto King\u2019 $40M. He invested less than $200K, spent $5.6M on cars: Forensic accountant &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwJBVV95cUxPMXEzRWRKV29oczVHbVQtMjl5OThlWXppQ3A5QklXZU8xVVZLTG1Mc0xkQ0ZoRVJEWDRaTXBNZUczQTdmQTVaN1dfMVdrdkhRYVBfR0dwV3otT3FweU04VUFvT3FYYzN5Rm1sb0NpaXhNMmREdmg5SWtCa0NVY0dyS01wdnFqMkxTSXZaMkYtemJsc0UtNDJickNGOUxfU1JDanJhRnBQT2Z1N2ZLME9oNlFHYTgycU92MWhuVWoxNmZadl9vTVZ4UnhLSWdhM0szOXliMU44dXoyZ1JuVjdoZE1KSE44VmkwRlFKazc1eVdNT2RZLU5lQTlBcEpuX29Kd2d6OUxNZWhVUDA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Investors gave \u2018Crypto King\u2019 $40M. He invested less than $200K, spent $5.6M on cars: Forensic accountant<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxQRDBBQ2h6QTViUTljVzl2N1VrTmFIN3ZwYXVScG5pdmc3dUZoOEN2NUFQWERBbjRPdjJoTzZ4UjFJOVNaU3FYaEtLbFNJMGJIZ2pNZ1dNMlV6SHU2YUsyU2NJZUE5NEd1MEtoZVh0Z3ZWMzBKNW9HVHppTldIMnhnU0RxQ2FaVm5RTHdqRXllRDdsZUE5LUVaczZXejdmQ1VHemxHSHotSFVoMGlqQl9WNkQteWl2aElNdmdoQnR2eW1TTW1wUmE2enlmMDVta0Jrd212b29HNGNjc1JCNmhj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Crypto King\u2019 spent $16.3M of investor funds on cars, credit cards, jets, security, accountant testifies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOb0FWaGJicDFmaF9PQlYzdTg1Q0JTM0ZlczFuSzdCRTdYUDcwcHV5Ymo5Z2w2Q1B6Z3ducWtJOUZmTWNZQ1ZlY3ZyTUZCT2JyTHZaMmM5SnFnYnFQSFNvU2p1dmR1a2JxM2gwd1R5bl9HOFg4OE9oaDllejk4MS0wck50S2t6R3pGdktUa0ZWdjQxUlNVLVZxWVc0UkQ2ME04SVBwd3lrSjdJcFVEUEpZVVlGaTl5QkMxRXp1aEJ4cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Crypto King\u2019 Aiden Pleterski received $3M from Banknote; investors out $11M<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chatham Daily News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE54c1owVDhrSm8tUy1ZVXJDUEJtOGdzRmJ6WHFpSFVmV3p1V182WkRjSS1reTNZcnZmdWNoajJ1eVRMaVFtZm9jZksxTEFGNEZuWjdwWVJKQllHOXdrenNON3VmeUlqRDBKNWtyelFIb0p5LVUzVWQtMTJ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Crypto King&#8217; bank records show he spent nearly half of investors&#8217; $36.3M on himself<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxOLVVvS0w3b0Z3YzRJR3pGb3E5TF9wNll1RDc0c1BiaUxxV0dPVnZwLVdFQXRyd1VGb2NjRVBLWVlFSnp3QUY2SVdLczktS0w5U19xUVM5cGotTkJkelYta0U5WktJcWh5TVZLeC1WUndleURLYXpUYlQ3VHVIa3VGdHdIZnpBMmhnMnlfaURwemprOVJGdWVCTG1WTTlQbFBKQjZGaUdqaHlpdUFtYndGY1J2SllmTXJ3SVRJUWk4RmI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MANDEL: Forensic accountant says no sign &#8216;Crypto King&#8217; invested his clients&#8217; millions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investors gave \u2018Crypto King\u2019 $40M. He invested less than $200K, spent $5.6M on cars: Forensic accountant&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star\u2018Crypto King\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-939486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}