Firoz Patel, a 50-year-old Canadian executive, was sentenced this Thursday (6) in the United States to 41 months in prison for hiding 450 bitcoins from the authorities, an amount valued at R$255 million.

In 2020, Patel had already been sentenced to 36 months in prison for operating the Payza service (formerly AlertPay), a company he co-founded and served as CEO. Thus, he was convicted again before even serving his first sentence.

With the increasing use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the market, it is clear that the authorities are improving their intelligence strategies.#BinanceAlphaAlert $BTC