Crypto Heavyweight Moshe Hogeg Reportedly Arrested in Israel
Moshe Hogeg, the Israeli crypto mogul behind the blockchain smartphone startup Sirin Labs and a host of other crypto startups, was reportedly arrested on Thursday on fraud and assault charges, according to multiple local news outlets.Isreali news publication Haaretz reported that Hogeg was arrested along with seven other individuals, including Hogeg’s former and current partners or employees.A statement published on the official Twitter page of the Israeli police on Thursday said in Hebrew that “eight suspects were arrested on suspicion of committing fraudulent offenses in the field of cryptocurrencies, amounting to hundreds of millions of shekels,” although it did not…