Nevin Shetty, former CFO of a Seattle startup, has been sentenced to two years in prison for wire fraud after diverting $35 million in company funds to his own cryptocurrency platform. The U.S. Justice Department announced the sentence following Shetty's conviction for secretly transferring the funds to HighTower Treasury in 2022, aiming to invest in high-yield DeFi lending protocols. Shetty's investments initially generated $133,000 in returns, but the collapse of the Terra ecosystem led to a significant downturn, leaving the investments nearly worthless by May 2022. After disclosing his actions to fellow executives, Shetty was fired and later indicted on wire fraud charges. In addition to his prison sentence, he must repay the stolen funds and will be on supervised release for three years.