A Californian man who reportedly passed on as a 'Bitcoin billionaire' has skipped the court and is now desirable in all 50 states.
Kevin Segal, 30, is confronted with a maximum of 141 and half a year behind bars after he has succeeded in highlighting Wyoming companies from $ 212,000, according to public prosecutors.
It is said that he has acted as a rich businessman who tries to buy millions of dollars in real estate in the Jackson Hole area.
Authorities are now looking for Segal after he had used $ 50,000, a local man, Jason Irvine, gave him to pay his bond last month, but did not appear in court this week.
Irvine spoke with Cowboy State every day that Segal had promised him a large Bitcoin payout that was equal to half a million dollars if Irvine placed his bond.
Irvine told the exhaust valve: 'He explained the situation and actually denied all the charges written in the newspaper.
'[He] said it was defamation and defamation; And he did not intend to cheat someone. He was locked up in prison, and [said] That's why he couldn't pay anyone. '
Irvine said the two friends are and spoke about one of the family members of Segal who had a steering for him. He maximized three credit cards to cover the bond.
Kevin Segal, 30, is confronted with a maximum of 141 and half a year behind bars after he has succeeded in lighting Wyoming companies from $ 212,000, according to public prosecutors
After Irvine posted his band, Segal was released from prison on 14 February under a strict judicial order to convert his passport.
According to Judge Bill Simpson, judge of the Park County district court, Segal has never returned his passport.
A hearing on Wednesday where he would appear, went on, but Segal never showed. The judge had to lose the bond of $ 50,000.
Due to his absence, a bank order has been spent on 50 states for his arrest, his next bond will be held at $ 750,000 only in cash if he is trapped.
He is described as a white man, stands on five feet seven and weighs 150 pounds and with black hair with brown eyes.
Irvine told The Outlet that he was now looking at his options to submit bankruptcy and hopes that the authorities can overtake Segal.
In a text he said to Segal: 'You really ruined me, and now I really don't believe anything you say anymore.
“You are a sociopath and a scammer, and you are going to get what you earn.”
Court documents say that Segal had stayed in the Caldera House, a five -star hotel in the village of Teton, but 'the back is leaving' without paying an outstanding bill of $ 14,870.30
Teton County Sheriff's Sgt. John Faicco said: 'We don't know his exact place of residence now.
'We want to bring him here, so that we can have a kind of refund for all our local victims.
“There were many people, besides larger companies, they were affected.”
In January, detective Adam Rainey testified during a hearing: “I believe that Mr. Segal has just stated to be a Bitcoin billionaire and told everyone to lead high life.”
The office of the Sheriff of Teton County said the Segal started to investigate in March 2024 after it had received a report from the Rocky Mountain Yeti car dealer in Jackson.
They said that Segal agreed to wired the $ 159,427 for a brand new 2024 Dodge Ram 3500 Pick -Up, but the wire transfer never took place.
It was then discovered that Segal had stayed in the Caldera House, a five -star hotel, but six days before he took possession of the vehicle.
Segal 'Demolish the back' without paying an outstanding guest account and bars for a total of $ 14,870.30, claims a sworn explanation.
Authorities were eventually able to detect him using the GPS of a RAM 3500 -Pick -up of 2024 that he would have reported from a dealer
He would also have used fraudulent credit cards to pay bills and obtained a tab on Mangy Moose Saloon (photo) of $ 3055.28 account that was unpaid
Further research discovered that he had remained with his mother and a friend in the luxurious Amangani resort and had collected a bill of $ 2,725.76 that was unpaid.
On Spring Creek Ranch, three cards paid Segal to pay bills of $ 16,509.60 and $ 5,728.80, also fraudulent.
Civil servants say that Segal has contracted a bill of $ 3055.28 in Mangy Moose Saloon that was unpaid.
Segal is said to have misled independent operators, including a man he hired to pick up a DJI drone.
According to their agreement, the man had to buy the drone in Colorado and Segal would reimburse him, prosecutors say. He wrote the man a check for $ 3,281.46, which was not deleted.
Segal would even have sent a delivery person to bring his stolen dodge back to his house in Los Angeles, where records obtained by Dailymail.com show that he lives in an apartment.
The delivery person and his son then drove 'non -stop' from Wyoming to Los Angles and then went to the airport to bring their return flight back to Jackson – of which Segal reportedly said he would pay.
But when the men came to the airport, they learned that Segal had actually not bought airline tickets for them, and they were forced to spend the night in a hotel room, because Segal promised that he would cause the problem.
They eventually had to buy their own airline tickets and sent Segal a bill for $ 3,101 – which they said they took into account for the drive, fuel, aviation tickets, hotel and other travel costs.
On March 27, Segal sent the man a screenshot of a wire transfer, but never went on.
The next day an arrest warrant was issued for his arrest, in which prosecutors claimed that he stole no less than $ 211,852.37.
Segal had previously also confronted with a civil lawsuit, which claimed that he told a family that he had shares of more than $ 340 million and a successful company to lease a Los Angeles property. According to judicial documents obtained by DailyMail.com.
That lawsuit also accuses him of reversing wire transfers and the use of fake checks to pay the family. That case ended in a settlement in September 2023.
