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Alabama Man Sentenced for Hacking SEC’s Social Media to Post Fake Bitcoin ETF News

  • coindesk.com--Biztoc.com
  • published date: 2025-05-17 14:24:27 UTC

A 26-year-old man from Alabama has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for his role in a social media hack that briefly sent the price of bitcoin BTC soaring. Eric Council Jr. of Huntsville pleaded guilty to charges tied to the January 2024 hack of t…

A 26-year-old man from Alabama has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for his role in a social media hack that briefly sent the price of bitcoin BTC soaring.Eric Council Jr. of Huntsville p… [+139 chars]