{"id":950817,"date":"2026-10-29T16:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950817\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T16:10:10","slug":"crypto-king-aiden-pleterski-found-guilty-of-fraud-at-his-jury-trial-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950817\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Crypto King\u2019 Aiden Pleterski found guilty of fraud at his jury trial in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a>\u00b7Breaking<\/p>\n<p>Self-described \u2018Crypto King\u2019 Aiden Pleterski was found guilty of fraud over $5,000 by the jury at his Toronto trial Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Pleterski represented himself, was denied a mistrial earlier this week<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Oct 29, 2026 12:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Three photos show a man by a car, on a jet and shopping,\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793290210_338_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Self-described &#8216;Crypto King&#8217; Aiden Pleterski has been found guilty of fraud. (aiden.ptrs\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Self-described \u2018Crypto King\u2019 Aiden Pleterski was found guilty of fraud over $5,000 by the jury at his Toronto trial Thursday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Pleterski, who represented himself at trial, appeared emotional after the verdict was read in Ontario Superior Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The jury began deliberations around 10:30 a.m. and came back with their verdict 10 minutes before noon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">More to come.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto\u00b7Breaking Self-described \u2018Crypto King\u2019 Aiden Pleterski was found guilty of fraud over $5,000 by the jury at his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-950817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950817","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=950817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}