A 21-year-old French citizen has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in Morocco for committing cryptocurrency fraud.
The person named Thomas Clausi, who introduces himself as an “entrepreneur”, by committing fraud was accused.
Although Clausi is also illegal in Morocco bought a luxury car for bitcoin is suggested.
Clausi, before the court where he appeared, “I didn’t know it was illegal to pay with cryptocurrencies in Morocco. Also, I did all my transactions in France.” said.
Clausi also refers to a citizen in Morocco by issuing an invalid check is accused.
According to the claims of a French woman living in Casablanca, she sold a Ferrari branded vehicle to Clausi for 400,000 euros worth of bitcoin.
The court, which heard Clausi’s case, fined him an additional 3.4 million euros.