
Appeals Court Overturns NFT Fraud Conviction, Cites Jury Instruction Errors
Nathaniel Chastain, a former product manager at OpenSea, has had his fraud conviction reversed by a U.S. federal appeals court. The appeals court pointed to several fundamental defects in the jury instructions that were delivered during Chastain’s first trial. In 2022, Chastain was found guilty of defrauding a cryptocurrency investor....