Odaily Planet Daily News: The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Connecticut Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery stated that U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea sentenced 31-year-old Westport resident Dylan Meissner to 48 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for stealing more than $4 million from his former employer. According to court documents and statements, Meissner was employed by a cryptocurrency research company as the Vice President of Finance and had access to the company's cryptocurrency wallets and bank accounts. Around January 2022, Meissner obtained a loan of 50 ETH (approximately $170,000) from his employer, claiming he would use the funds to prevent significant losses from certain cryptocurrency investments made with personal funds. Then, from February 2022 to November 2022, after being fired, Meissner continuously fraudulently misappropriated his employer's funds to cover significant personal trading losses and concealed his actions by making false entries in the company's books and records. Through this scheme, Meissner stole approximately $4,461,828 from his employer. The judge ordered Meissner to pay restitution of $4,633,424.99, which includes the stolen funds and the unpaid loan. Meissner was released on a $100,000 bond and was required to report to prison on February 21.

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