Jury convicts former OpenSea manager in NFT-insider trading case By Cointelegraph

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The former OpenSea manager who was accused of insider trading of NFTs has been convicted on May 3 of wire fraud and money laundering in a New York federal court, according to a report from Reuters.

According to prosecutors, Nathaniel Chastain, a former Product Manager at OpenSea, was in charge of choosing which NFTs would be featured on the website’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace.

OpenSea’s home page displaying featured NFTs. Source: OpenSea