>>> A Brooklyn man who borrowed a running gag from “Seinfeld” by inventing a company named Vandelay to scam investors wasn’t laughing when a judge on Wednesday sentenced him to time behind bars.

Thomas Sfraga, 56, who gained some internet fame as a crypto guru named “T.J. Stone,” was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday for defrauding 14 investors out of $1.5 million.<<<

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