Ex-Crypto CEO Caught Up in Partying Claims at Bitcoin Conference
- Miami crypto partying scene fuels job dispute at trading firm
- Former B2C2 CEO Gillespie says allegations are ‘pure hearsay’
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A former Wall Street trader who became the head of a major crypto company has been caught up in allegations about drug use and his relationship with a 19-year-old intern at a Bitcoin conference last year as part of a lawsuit filed by a former colleague.
Phillip Gillespie, 40, the former co-chief executive officer of B2C2, was accused of excessive drinking, taking cocaine and hallucinogens, as well as giving the drugs to others, including the intern. The allegations surfaced in a Sept. 1 lawsuit in New Jersey against B2C2 by its former global head of options trading, Bradley Nagela, who said he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about Gillespie’s behavior.