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Feds Point to Daily Caller Writer as Part of Abramoff Payola Scheme

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Derek Hunter says he wasn’t paid by the disgraced lobbyist to plug his bitcoin project. But the SEC cites his article, among others, in their complaint.

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When federal prosecutors charged Jack Abramoff on Thursday with an illicit conspiracy to promote a cryptocurrency, they alleged that the disgraced lobbyist hired writers to help him with his scheme.

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