Wu said he learned that prosecutors in the South Dakota region of the United States announced that a local 43-year-old crypto investor, Benjamin Paul Wiener, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 29 counts, including alleged wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment alleges that Wiener, through multiple entities including Benaiah Capital, induced investors to put in funds using false statements, and misappropriated and laundered the money through crypto exchanges, causing an estimated loss of about $20 million. In addition, Wiener was also accused of forging documents in April 2025 and stealing others’ identity information to obtain a $1 million credit line from a financial institution in Sioux Falls. Wiener has been released on bail, and the case trial is scheduled for September 15, 2026.