Easton man accused of stealing $7M via fake Bitcoin transactions
An Easton man who headed a cryptocurrency escrow company was arrested last week on federal charges he allegedly stole $7 million from two companies by lying about Bitcoin transactions. Jon Barry Thompson, also known as J. Barry Thompson, was the principal of Volantis, which included a cryptocurrency escrow company called Volantis Escrow Platform LLC and a related company, Volantis Market Making LCC.