THE POLITICS OF CRYPTO CRIME AND PROSECUTION. “Mr Singh, who distributed millions in political donations to left-leaning organizations, walked free with only supervised release. Yet these disparate sentences tell only part of the story. Behind the headlines about financial fraud lies a more complex tale—one of political influence and strategic prosecution. The decision to focus on financial crimes while dropping political corruption charges has left a trail of tantalizing clues about a broader campaign of influence-peddling that may never be fully illuminated.”