2024/10/21 17:49
Australia's corporate watchdog charges Mine Digital's ex-CEO with fraud

       Oct 22 (Reuters) - Australia's corporate regulator said
on Tuesday that Grant Colthup, the former CEO of collapsed local
cryptocurrency exchange Mine Digital, has been charged with
fraud.
    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
said the charges followed an investigation by the regulator in
connection with an A$2.2 million ($1.46 million) cryptocurrency
transaction in July 2022.

($1 = 1.5026 Australian dollars)

 (Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi
Aich)
 ((Shivangi.Lahiri@thomsonreuters.com;))