律师解释了Hashflare联合创始人在收到“自欺欺人”信件后如何进行

代表加密矿业服务联合创始人之一Hashflare的律师已经解决了他们的刑事案件如何前进

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.

加密矿业服务Hashflare的两个联合创始人是特朗普政府对大规模驱逐出境的更广泛推动的一部分，在律师律师谈到其案件可能如何前进之后，可能仍能够自欺欺人。

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.”

根据4月11日在华盛顿西部地区法院提交的提交文件，Hashflare联合创始人Sergei Potapenko和Ivan Turogin报告说，他们已收到美国国土安全部（DHS）的信，指示他们“离开美国”。

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

政府的信与罗伯特·拉斯尼克（Robert Lasnik）法官的命令相矛盾，后者限制了Potapenko和Turogin作为保释条件的一部分。

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，爱沙尼亚国民对串谋犯有电汇欺诈作为与当局协议的一部分认罪。在2015年至2019年之间，两人负责欺骗超过5.5亿美元的Hashflare用户。据称，他们还在2017年欺骗了2500万美元的投资者。

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月被起诉，Potapenko和Turogin在2024年5月引渡到美国之前被捕并被拘留在爱沙尼亚。两者自2024年7月以来都在保释金上免费，但在判刑时每次都可以面对20年的监禁。

Ordered to leave, forced to stay

被命令离开，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）的合伙人和辩护律师马克·比尼（Mark Bini）告诉Cointelegraph：“ [Potapenko和Turogin每个人都收到了DHS的来信，说'驱逐出境'。” “这引起了一些焦虑，因为[我们的客户和他的共同被告]，他们的释放条件包括他们遵守法律。在这里，您有这封信说，如果您留在该国，您正在违法。

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.

据报道，命令某些人“立即离开美国”的DHS信件被送往数千名使用政府的CBP一个应用程序合法进入该国的移民。但是，一些公民报告说，在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）试图通过办公室驱逐出境的企图中收到相同的信。

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.

比尼最初认为，在司法部发出备忘录后，美国政府建议波彭科或trogin“自欺欺人”爱沙尼亚，这将改变其在涉及加密货币的刑事案件中的执法政策。预计Hashflare联合创始人将至少在8月14日进行宣判听证会，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说：“我以前没有遇到过这种情况，在联邦政府中本质上有两个人告诉您矛盾的事情。”

“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.”

“我认为很明显，他们将无法留在美国，我们将试图说服法官坦率地与DHS站在一起，并让他们自欺欺人地向爱沙尼亚送往他们的家人，因为我们相信对Hashflare的客户没有实际的经济伤害。这是一个奇怪的[案例]，因为我们的客户是埃斯托尼亚人。我们的客户是埃斯托尼亚人。

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.

律师补充说，Potapenko或Turogin现在始终随身携带信件，称DHS在当局错误地试图拘留并将其从该国拘留并将其删除的情况下，对他们的“自我替代”采取了延期一年的行动。

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.”

尽管这对夫妇仍然可以接受监禁时间，但Potapenko，Turogin和Hashflare报告称，向用户返还了4亿美元的加密货币付款，并“同意没收其在2022年冻结的资产中的利益。”