A group of criminals who made so much money from a _21 million Bitcoin scam they handed out _5,000 gift cards on the street have been jailed.
Stephen William Boys, 59, and Kelly Caton, 45, have been found guilty of fraud, converting and transferring criminal property.

Jordan Kane Robinson, 25, and James Austin-Beddoes, 28, were also found guilty. 
Preston Crown Court heard how the group worked with ringleader James Parker, who died in 2021 before he could be prosecuted for masterminding the conspiracy.
Parker ran the operation from his home in Blackpool, Lancashire from October 2017 to January 2018, helping the group to make 'more money than they could spend.'





Kelly Caton, of Blackpool, Lancashire was convicted of fraud, converting and acquiring criminal property and jailed for four-and-a-half years






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He exploited a loophole to withdraw dishonestly-obtained crypto assets worth around _15 million from his trading account on an Australian-based cryptocurrency exchange.
Caton dishonestly withdrew _2. If you have any questions pertaining to where and how you can utilize EVden eve NAKLiYaT, you could contact us at our own webpage. 7 million and Robinson withdrew _1.7 million from their accounts.
The scam made so much money that _5,000 gift cards were handed out to people in the street and EVdEn Eve NaKliYAT cars were bought for people Parker met in the pub, Preston Crown Court heard.
During the trial Boys told the court how he took _1 million cash in a suitcase to buy a villa from Russians he met in the back office of an estate agent and paid _60,000 to pay off corrupt officials so he could carry on laundering money.
During the investigation police recovered 445 Bitcoin, then worth _22 million, along with luxury watches, eVDeN eVE nakLiYAt houses, cars and designer goods, including a _600 wine cooler, plus more than _1 million in bank accounts.
Parker's financial adviser Stephen Boys worked with a UK national who lived in the United Arab Emirates to convert the cryptocurrency into cash.
The money was then laundered through various foreign-based online accounts.
Stephen Boys, eVden eVe nakliyaT of Accrington, Lancashire was found guilty of converting and transferring criminal property and jailed for six years.





Police said the scale of the scam led the group to 'literally having more money than they could spend'