A Tennessee couple who exploited their real estate connections to bilk investors out of millions through a fake crypto trading scheme has been ordered to pay over $6.8 million in restitution and penalties. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Thursday that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee entered a consent order against Michael and Amanda Griffis, Clarksville real estate agents who operated the fraudulent "Blessings of God Thru Crypto" commodity pool from 2021 to 2023. The couple was first charged by the CFTC in July 2023. The regulator said the couple used their real ... (full story)