律師解釋了Hashflare聯合創始人在收到“自欺欺人”信件後如何進行

代表加密礦業服務聯合創始人之一Hashflare的律師已經解決了他們的刑事案件如何前進

Two co-founders of crypto mining service Hashflare, whose case was part of a broader push by the Trump administration to effect mass deportations, may yet be able to self-deport after their lawyer addressed how their case may move forward.

加密礦業服務Hashflare的兩個聯合創始人是特朗普政府對大規模驅逐出境的更廣泛推動的一部分，在律師律師談到其案件可能如何前進之後，可能仍能夠自欺欺人。

According to an April 11 filing in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington, Hashflare co-founders Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin reported they had received a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) letter directing them to “leave the United States.”

根據4月11日在華盛頓西部地區法院提交的提交文件，Hashflare聯合創始人Sergei Potapenko和Ivan Turogin報告說，他們已收到美國國土安全部（DHS）的信，指示他們“離開美國”。

The government letter contradicted orders from Judge Robert Lasnik, who restricted travel for Potapenko and Turogin as part of their bail conditions.

政府的信與羅伯特·拉斯尼克（Robert Lasnik）法官的命令相矛盾，後者限制了Potapenko和Turogin作為保釋條件的一部分。

In February, the Estonian nationals pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a deal with authorities. Between 2015 and 2019, the two were responsible for defrauding Hashflare users out of more than $550 million. They also allegedly defrauded investors out of $25 million in 2017.

2月，愛沙尼亞國民對串謀犯有電匯欺詐作為與當局協議的一部分認罪。在2015年至2019年之間，兩人負責欺騙超過5.5億美元的Hashflare用戶。據稱，他們還在2017年欺騙了2500萬美元的投資者。

Indicted in October 2022, Potapenko and Turogin were arrested and held in Estonia before their extradition to the US in May 2024. Both have been free on bail since July 2024 but could face up to 20 years in prison each at sentencing.

2022年10月被起訴，Potapenko和Turogin在2024年5月引渡到美國之前被捕並被拘留在愛沙尼亞。兩者自2024年7月以來都在保釋金上免費，但在判刑時每次都可以面對20年的監禁。

Ordered to leave, forced to stay

被命令離開，被迫留下

“[Potapenko and Turogin each] got letters from DHS to their personal email saying ‘deport immediately,’” Reed Smith partner and defense counsel Mark Bini told Cointelegraph. “It caused some angst because [our client and his co-defendant], their conditions of release include that they comply with the law. And here you have this letter saying if you stay in the country, you’re breaking the law. And of course, their bail conditions say they can’t leave the Seattle area.”

里德·史密斯（Reed Smith）的合夥人和辯護律師馬克·比尼（Mark Bini）告訴Cointelegraph：“ [Potapenko和Turogin每個人都收到了DHS的來信，說'驅逐出境'。” “這引起了一些焦慮，因為[我們的客戶和他的共同被告]，他們的釋放條件包括他們遵守法律。在這裡，您有這封信說，如果您留在該國，您正在違法。

The DHS letters ordering certain people to “depart the United States immediately” were reportedly sent to thousands of immigrants who had used the government’s CBP One app to enter the country legally. However, some citizens reported receiving the same letter in US President Donald Trump’s attempts to effect deportations through his office.

據報導，命令某些人“立即離開美國”的DHS信件被送往數千名使用政府的CBP一個應用程序合法進入該國的移民。但是，一些公民報告說，在美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）試圖通過辦公室驅逐出境的企圖中收到相同的信。

Bini initially thought it was a possibility that the US government was suggesting that Potapenko or Turogin “self-deport” to Estonia after the Justice Department issued a memo hinting it would change its enforcement policy in criminal cases involving crypto. The Hashflare co-founders had been expected to remain in the jurisdiction until at least Aug. 14 for their sentencing hearings.

比尼最初認為，在司法部發出備忘錄後，美國政府建議波彭科或trogin“自欺欺人”愛沙尼亞，這將改變其在涉及加密貨幣的刑事案件中的執法政策。預計Hashflare聯合創始人將至少在8月14日進行判決聽證會，直到8月14日。

“I have not encountered this situation before, where you have essentially two folks in the federal government telling you conflicting things,” said Bini, adding:

Bini說：“我以前沒有遇到過這種情況，在聯邦政府中本質上有兩個人告訴您矛盾的事情。”

“I think it’s clear that they’re not going to be able to stay in the US We’re going to try and convince the judge to frankly side with DHS and let them self-deport to Estonia to their families because we believe that there was no actual financial harm to the customers of Hashflare. It’s a weird [case] because for our clients, we want to be deported. Our clients are Estonian. Their families are Estonian.”

“我認為很明顯，他們將無法留在美國，我們將試圖說服法官坦率地與DHS站在一起，並讓他們自欺欺人地向愛沙尼亞送往他們的家人，因為我們相信對Hashflare的客戶沒有實際的經濟傷害。這是一個奇怪的[案例]，因為我們的客戶是埃斯托尼亞人。我們的客戶是埃斯托尼亞人。

The attorney added that Potapenko or Turogin now carried letters with them at all times that stated DHS had deferred action on their “self-deportation” for one year in the event that authorities mistakenly tried to detain and remove them from the country.

律師補充說，Potapenko或Turogin現在始終隨身攜帶信件，稱DHS在當局錯誤地試圖拘留並將其從該國拘留並將其刪除的情況下，對他們的“自我替代”採取了延期一年的行動。

Though the pair could still receive prison time, Potapenko, Turogin and Hashflare reported returning $400 million in crypto payments to users and “agreed to forfeit their interests in assets that the government froze in 2022.”

儘管這對夫婦仍然可以接受監禁時間，但Potapenko，Turogin和Hashflare報告稱，向用戶返還了4億美元的加密貨幣付款，並“同意沒收其在2022年凍結的資產中的利益。”