SoCal man who laundered $263M in stolen crypto, lived ‘fantastically extravagant’ lifestyle, sentenced to prison

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April 24, 2026

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A 22-year-old man from Newport Beach was sentenced to 70 months in prison for stealing  $263 million in cryptocurrency to fund a “fantastically extravagant” lifestyle, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday. The culprit, Evan Tangeman, used an “elaborate social engineering scheme orchestrated by a multi-state criminal enterprise” to steal the cryptocurrency, Pirro said. On Dec. […]