Self-described “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski admitted his $300-million fund never existed in a June 2022 audio recording played in court at his fraud trial in Toronto on Monday. 

Pleterski, 27, was providing screenshots and videos of his FXChoice trading platform account with a balance more than $311 million to concerned investors just weeks before the recorded meeting with three investors, Pleterski and a lawyer he brought with him, Ontario Superior Court heard.

One of those three investors, Chris Winn, testified remotely.

The retired Durham Regional Police officer was the last of 14 witnesses the Crown called in their case, which wrapped Monday after Winn’s testimony. The prosecution also withdrew the money laundering charge Pleterski…