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Article together welcome back to JForrest English, of course.

I'm Jennifer.

Now, let's.

Get started first.

I'll read the headline, man.

Who likely stole X's?

Cryptocurrency found not guilty, but Judge urges him to help recover funds.

1st.

Let's talk.

About X's.

A man's.

Ex.

Is.

The romantic partner.

He is.

No longer with.

But was previously with.

This is short form for either ex.

Girlfriend.

ex-boyfriend, or of course you can have an ex-wife or an ex-husband.

Now all of these start with X.

So instead of saying my ex-girlfriend, you can just simply shorten it and say my ex.

Let's take a.

Look at this example.

I ran into my ex at the mall.

When you run into someone, run is simply in the past simple.

When you run into someone, this is when you see someone unexpectedly.

So I did not plan to see my ex at the mall it.

Was a surprise.

I ran into the ACT my ex at the mall.

Now obviously that can be an awkward situation.

Potentially.

Maybe even more awkward if you say and I was with my new boyfriend.

Because remember, your axe is.

The.

Previous romantic relationship.

It doesn't necessarily mean the immediate previous.

It could have been 3 boyfriends or three girlfriends ago it.

Is just all.

Previous romantic relationship so this man.

Was accused of.

Stealing his ex girlfriends cryptocurrency.

So cyber currency now notice?

How it says who likely stole who likely.

Stole likely is an adverb, A probability, and it is when something is more certain than

not certain, but it's still not 100% certain, so there is some doubt in it.

To me likely sounds about 80% certain.

It's more certain then uncertain.

So a man who?

Likely stole X.

'S.

Notice that pronunciation X.

SXSX's.

Cryptocurrency.

It's.

Possessive because the.

Cryptocurrency belongs.

To his ex stole X's.

Cryptocurrency found not guilty.

But Judge urges.

Him to help recover funds, to urge someone.

When you urge someone to do something, you simply strongly suggest so.

A judge has.

The authority to order you to.

Do something but to.

Say, the judge urged.

Him.

It isn't an order.

It's not something he must do.

He is required by law to do it.

Is a.

Suggestion.

But it's a strong suggestion.

For example, my teacher urged me to find a speaking partner so I can practice my public

speaking skills.

This is something I always urge my students to do.

Notice that sentence structure you urge.

This is the verb to urge.

Someone and then infinitive.

To do.

Something that's the sentence structure.

The judge urged.

Him.

To do to help.

Something to help recover funds.

To recover.

Funds means to get the funds back when you recover something it means.

You you get it back.

I wrote that.

As a note for you, and don't worry about writing this down because I summarize everything in

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the.

Free PDF let's.

Continue a man accused of stealing thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency from an ex-girlfriend.

So this is.

Basically what they said at the.

Title but notice.

Here they used ex.

Girlfriend instead of just X.

And also notice how they have the article in front of man.

Ah man, but.

Here they just.

Started with man in.

The titles of articles they.

Want to keep it as.

Short as possible, so they will.

Omit words that are grammatically required.

In this case, they omitted.

The article The article ah is required.

In front of man grammatically.

But because it is the title.

Of an article, the headline.

It's acceptable to do but you.

Should include.

The article, because it is.

Required all man accused of stealing thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency from an ex-girlfriend.

An ex.

Likely did it.

We already know what.

This means there's an 80% chance, but that also means on the flip.

Side.

On the opposite side.

The flip side.

There's also a 20% chance he didn't do.

It.

Likely didn't, according to.

A BC Judge BC.

Stands for British Columbia.

Which is a.

Province in Canada.

So this judge is.

Located in British Columbia.

Which is?

Shortened to BC, but the challenges of tracking those virtual coins mean he.

Has avoided.

A conviction.

The conviction is when a judge.

Or a court.

Officially says.

You're.

Guilty.

That means you've been convicted of a crime.

So to be convicted, that's the verb form.

And then conviction is the noun.

Here's an example.

He was convicted of stealing.

His ex's car, so he received.

The conviction somebody.

Said the judge said.

You're guilty of.

Stealing your.

Ex's car.

So to be convicted.

And then this is a completed past action.

So I conjugate my verb to be he was convicted, and you're convicted of something now because.

Of.

Is a preposition.

The verb is in the gerund form.

Speaking of Jaron verbs, we also have.

The verb avoid which is a.

Jaron verb a noun follows it.

In this example he.

Has avoided a.

Conviction.

If we used.

The verb form.

It would be he has avoided.

Do you know what?

We could say he has.

Avoided being convicted.

Because the verb is to be.

Convicted Ed on convicted.

Our verb is be and because.

Avoid.

Is a gerund verb.

The verb that follows it.

Is going to be in the ING form.

So you could also say he has.

Avoided being convicted.

Or you can use the noun conviction.

Let's continue though.

Orion Alexander.

Holtby.

Was found not guilty.

So this is.

The name of the man who.

Was accused of.

Stealing.

His ex's.

Cryptocurrency Orion Alexander.

Holtby.

Though Orion Alexander Holtby was found not guilty.

The judge said.

You didn't do it of fraud and theft, BC Supreme Court.

Justice.

Ward Branch urged him to find.

Remember, you urge someone to do something, urged him in the past.

Simple listen to my pronunciation.

Urged.

So it ends on a very soft D sound.

Let me write that for you so you remember.

Urged.

Urged.

Urged.

Him.

Urged him.

Ward Branch urged him to find A.

Way to help the alleged.

Victim, the alleged victim.

Who is that?

That's.

Holtby's ex Holtby.

'S ex-girlfriend.

The word.

Alleged means that some.

People say this.

Some people.

Say that she's a.

Victim, but it has not been officially proven, so that's why she's just an alleged victim.

There isn't enough proof.

To say that.

She is in fact a victim, and same thing with the pronunciation notice.

This alleged alleged.

Victim.

Alleged victim.

To help the alleged.

Victim reclaim her digital investment reclaim is the.

Same as recover that we.

Saw in the headline.

So again, it simply means to get the funds back to reclaim her investment.

To get.

Her investment back reclaim her digital investment, valued at about $92,000.

In March 2021, the judge explained the Crown hadn't convinced him.

The Crown represents the.

People who say.

Who allege, remember, allege that Holtby stole the money.

That group of people.

Would be known as the Crown, the judge explained.

The Crown hadn't convinced him.

Him being the judge, the judge explained.

The Crown hadn't convinced him beyond a reasonable doubt that Joelle, oh man, this.

Is the ex.

Girlfriend that Joelle oh Man's cryptocurrency had been stolen at all.

So this is interesting because the judge isn't convinced when you're convinced.

It means that you.

Accept something as.

Factual or accept?

Something as the.

Truth but the judge.

Hasn't been convinced that the money is missing, That the money, the cryptocurrency just represents

money.

That the money had been stolen and notice.

They use the past perfect.

Had been stolen.

So here the.

Sentence structure is to be stolen, be stolen.

So then we take our verb BE and we put that in.

The past perfect had been stolen because.

A past.

Perfect is a past action before another past action.

So first.

The money is stolen, then the girlfriend the ex-girlfriend.

Correction.

The.

Ex.

Girlfriend.

Goes to the.

Police and says my ex-boyfriend stole my cryptocurrency and then the crown takes.

This to the court.

To try to convict the ex-boyfriend of this crime.

So the fact that it had been stolen is a past before another past action.

Here's an example.

That clearly shows.

The sequence of events we had gotten married.

Before.

We moved in together so we have two past actions.

This action happened.

1st it's.

The older action.

So it's in the past perfect now.

We had gotten married the.

Verb is to.

Get married.

So if you see married.

As an Ed and you're wondering.

Why that's?

The expression to get married.

So I keep married as an Ed verb.

I take my main verb, get, and I conjugate that as the past perfect, and then.

We before.

We moved in together.

This is also in the past, but it's more recent and it's the past simple.

So this is.

The past simple here, past simple, Let's continue were.

This.

A civil matter.

I would most likely have found you.

Liable to the.

Plaintiff notice this conditional structure were.

This a civil.

Matter, you may be more comfortable hearing it as an if statement, which is fine.

You can absolutely say if.

This were a civil.

Matter and to be honest, it is more common to use if statements.

If this were.

A civil matter.

Notice the slight difference here.

Were this a?

Civil matter and this is a conditional because this is.

Hypothetical this.

Isn't the?

Reality.

Of the situation, but notice the judge is still saying I would most likely most likely.

Well now.

Because, he said.

Most likely I might increase.

The probability to 85.

Percent or 90% cause before.

It was.

I would.

Likely.

Now it's most likely so maybe 85%, maybe 90% as well more than.

Likely.

And here found you liable to the plaintiff liable.

Is a legal?

Term that simply means.

Responsible, but legally.

Responsible.

Legally responsible, so companies for example.

Are liable for the products they sell.

They're legally.

Responsible for them.

Parents are liable.

For their.

Children.

They're.

Legally.

Responsible for the children as well.

So found you.

Liable to the.

Plaintiff simply means that.

You would be.

Legally responsible to the plaintiff, the plaintiff.

Is the ex.

Girlfriend.

However, this is a.

Criminal matter with a far more demanding burden, so suggesting that because it's a

criminal matter, the amount of evidence you need to provide.

Is a lot higher compared to a civil.

Matter The decision highlights how the criminal justice system is struggling to address crime

in the cryptocurrency.

World.

Now notice here.

Struggle to do.

Something just make a note of this sentence structure.

Struggle.

To do something.

Where high profile?

Frauds like those committed by the founder of the Canadian Exchange.

Quadriga.

CX have cost investors millions.

Of dollars.

Here a high profile fraud.

The adjective high profile simply means one that attracts.

A lot.

Of attention.

So we could say that this legal case.

Was a high profile case.

It attracted a lot of attention, Sean Tweed, a cryptocurrency investigator, said.

These crimes are both harder and easier to investigate than traditional theft and fraud.

The issue is that the.

Blockchain doesn't provide personal identifying information, so you can't.

Decipher who specifically?

Owns coins decipher.

Is a verb.

And it's.

Used to say.

That you can discover the meaning of something.

So here you can't.

Decipher who specifically?

Owns the coins, so you can't understand who owns the coins because maybe the platform

they.

Use to to.

Store the coins to keep the coins.

Is really difficult because it.

Doesn't have the personal identifying information, it's in this blockchain.

Which can be really difficult to decipher.

To understand the meaning of.

This.

Blockchain, The cryptocurrency where the coins?

Actually are.

Another example is.

Can you help me decipher this contract let's?

Say.

You were starting with a company and they.

Gave you this.

Contract to sign, but contracts are generally written in a confusing way, even for native.

Speakers it.

They use a lot of legal.

Terminology that the average person does not understand.

So maybe you ask a friend.

Who's a lawyer to help you decipher the?

Contract to understand.

OK, I understand.

These words but.

What does it mean will?

I be liable.

For something liable, remember, means legally responsible.

If you sign a contract, you might be liable for something because a contract.

Is legally.

Binding, so it's important that you decipher the contract.

Fully.

So you know, if you're liable, let's continue.

The judgment makes it clear.

The truth.

Of the matter has been difficult.

To sort out, let's take a.

Look at.

Sort out.

When you sort something out.

It means that you successfully.

Solve a problem.

Or a difficult.

Situation.

So they're saying that cryptocurrency has been difficult.

To sort out.

It's been difficult.

To solve the problems related to it Holby this was.

The man accused of stealing the cryptocurrency from his ex.

Holby.

Did not testify.

When you testify, it's when you appear in court and are asked questions by.

The lawyer.

And the judge.

And usually it's in front of an audience in front.

Of a jury.

That's to testify.

So Holby.

Did not testify and the judge said, oh man, the ex-girlfriend who?

Lost the.

Cryptocurrency oh man, was.

Careless.

With evidence.

So you don't want to be.

Careless with.

Evidence when you're.

Careless.

That's the opposite of.

Careful so you're not taking a lot of measures to protect that evidence.

So the opposite of careful, careful, careless.

Oh man.

Was careless with.

Evidence raising concerns.

About her credibility.

One's credibility.

It's similar.

To their.

Reputation.

If someone is credible, it means there's someone that you trust.

They have shown you.

That they are.

Deserving of respect and trust, but here there were concerns.

About her credibility.

Suggesting that she.

Was less credible, so less likely that you will trust what she says or respect.

Her and notice this sentence structure.

Here.

You raise concerns, which is another.

Way of.

Saying you, you make concerns, known, you raise concerns.

The judge raised concerns.

About her credibility.

In general, Tweed says some police departments still don't have the training or software

to properly investigate crypto crimes crypto.

Is the short.

Form of cryptocurrency Crypto crimes Crimes related to cryptocurrency investigate crypto

crimes but he's seen.

He has seen, he has seen now the contracted form with an S it can be.

The verb to be for.

Example.

He's happy.

So he is.

Happy he's seen.

Now in this case I know it cannot be the.

Verb to be because.

He is seen.

It doesn't really make sense.

It's not grammatical, so it has to be.

The verb.

Has he has seen and this?

Is the.

Present perfect.

He has apologies.

This should be.

Has not had he has seen big improvements in the last.

Few years.

And that's the end of the article.

So what I'll do now is.

I'll.

Go and.

Read the article.

From start to finish, and this time you can focus on my pronunciation.

Man who Likely Stole Axis Cryptocurrency Found not guilty.

But Judge urges.

Him to help recover funds.

A man accused of stealing thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency from an ex-girlfriend likely

did it, according to ABC Judge.

But the challenges of tracking those virtual coins mean he has avoided A conviction, though

Orion Alexander Holtby was found not.

Guilty of fraud.

And theft BC Supreme Court.

Justice.

Ward Branch urged him to find a way to.

Help the alleged.

Victim Reclaim her digital investment, valued at about $92,000.

In March 2021, the judge explained the Crown hadn't convinced him beyond a reasonable doubt

that Joelle Oman's cryptocurrency had been stolen at all.

Were this a civil matter, I would most likely have found you.

Liable to.

The plaintiff.

However, this is a.

Criminal matter.

With a.

Far more demanding burden, Branch said the decision highlights how the criminal justice

system is struggling to address crime in the cryptocurrency world, where high profile frauds

like those committed by the founder of the Canadian exchange Quadriga CX, have cost investors

millions.

Of dollars.

Sean Tweed, a cryptocurrency investigator, said these crimes are both harder and easier

to investigate than traditional theft and fraud.

The issue is that the.

Blockchain doesn't provide personal identifying information, so you can't decipher who specifically

owns coins.

The judgement makes it.

Clear the truth.

Of the matter has been difficult to.

Sort out Holtby.

Did not testify and the.

Judge said.

Oh man.

Was careless with.

Evidence Raising concerns about her credibility in general, Tweed says some police departments

still don't have the training or software to properly investigate crypto crimes, but

he's seen big improvements in the.

Last few years.

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