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Menlo Park Robinhood engineer arrested in crypto trading case
Menlo Park resident and Robinhood engineer Hefu Chai was arrested Tuesday on commodities fraud and wire fraud charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Chai, 36, and fellow engineer Huaisong “Jerry” Xiang, 30, are accused of using confidential information obtained through their work at Robinhood to trade cryptocurrency-linked futures contracts on Hyperliquid. From March 2025 […] The post Menlo Park Robinhood engineer arrested in crypto trading case appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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Menlo Park resident and Robinhood engineer Hefu Chai was arrested Tuesday on commodities fraud and wire fraud charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Chai, 36, and fellow engineer Huaisong “Jerry” Xiang, 30, are accused of using confidential information obtained through their work at Robinhood to trade cryptocurrency-linked futures contracts on Hyperliquid. From March 2025 […] The post Menlo Park Robinhood engineer arrested in crypto trading case appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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According to Redwood City Pulse’s source item, Menlo Park Robinhood engineer arrested in crypto trading case, Menlo Park resident and Robinhood engineer Hefu Chai was arrested Tuesday on commodities fraud and wire fraud charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Chai, 36, and fellow engineer Huaisong “Jerry” Xiang, 30, are accused of using confidential information obtained through their work at Robinhood to trade cryptocurrency-linked futures contracts on Hyperliquid. From March 2025 […] The post Menlo Park Robinhood engineer arrested in crypto trading case appeared first on Redwood City Pulse .
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