In brief
- Shane Donovan Moore, a former semi-pro rugby player, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding over 40 investors out of $900,000 through a fake crypto mining scheme.
- Moore promised 1% daily returns from mining equipment that didn’t exist, using investor money to fund a lavish lifestyle and repay earlier victims in typical Ponzi fashion.
- Judge Tana Lin explicitly mentioned the emotional and psychological damage Moore caused to his victims.
A former semi-pro rugby player who promised investors daily returns from a crypto mining business that never existed has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison.
Shane Donovan Moore operated Quantum Donovan LLC from January 2021 to October 2022, during which he…
Jul 18 2025
