[Costa Rican Court Sentences Two Defendants in Kidnapping and Money Laundering Case to 12 Years in Prison Each] A Costa Rican court has sentenced two men to 12 years in prison each on charges of money laundering. The case is related to the 2018 kidnapping and murder of American businessman William Sean Creighton Kopko, whose family paid approximately 148 bitcoins as ransom, valued at around $1 million at the time. The court determined that the two defendants received part of the ransom and deposited it into wallets under their control to conceal the origin of the assets. (Source: CriptoNoticias)