Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 9 months ago
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken legal action against 17 individuals allegedly involved in a Crypto Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 40,000 victims and amassed $300 million.
As per the SEC’s press release, Houston-based...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: $400 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme founders were arrested in Argentina, the Central Bank of Brazil esta...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 10 months ago
Authorities in Argentina have arrested a Brazilian couple accused of masterminding a $400 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. (Read More)
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 10 months ago
Investors in the bitcoin Ponzi scheme Mirror Trading International are reportedly resisting liquidators’ attempts to have them repay digital assets withdrawn before it collapsed. According to the investors’ lawyer, MTI liquidators are i...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 11 months ago
The authorities in the United States have busted the crypto Ponzi scheme called HyperFund that raised up to $1.89 billion from investors and brought civil and criminal charges against its Founder, Xue Lee (Sam Lee). The civil charges were brought by...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 11 months ago
Marco Ochoa, ex-CEO of IcomTech, has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud in a crypto Ponzi scheme, with a $914,000 forfeiture and two years of supervised release. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Mangofarm, Solana blockchain, cryptocurrency scam, Banana Miner Ponzi scheme, digital currency security, blockchain fraud, crypto investment caution, Richard Matthew John O’Neill, decentralized finance, investor vigilance (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
The DOJ indicts David Gilbert Saffron and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr. for running a $25M AI crypto Ponzi scheme, involving fictitious entities, false promises, and misuse of investor funds. (Read More)
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 1 year ago
Bitcoin to bust: World’s biggest Ponzi scheme could cause more heartache for Australians& & Sydney Morning Herald
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
Blast was supported by a $20Ms investment from notable backers like Paradigm and Standard Crypto at launch.
Blast is facing Ponzi scheme claims.
Roquerre clarifies that Blast’s 4 to 5% yield comes from reputable platforms like Lido and MakerDA...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is advancing
in the sentencing process for key individuals involved in the notorious
cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme known as AirBit Club.Sentencing
of AirBit Club Defendants Announce...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
AirBit Club co-founder Dos Santos is now the last AirBit defendant not yet sentenced but is scheduled to learn his fate on Oct. 4, 2023. The United States District Cou...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Marco Ruiz Ochoa, former CEO of IcomTech, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a large-scale cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. The company falsely promised high returns on cryptocurrency investments and used promotional tactic...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Former IcomTech head Marco Ochoa is the latest crypto fraudster to face charges. Marco Ochoa pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in the United...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Former IcomTech head Marco Ochoa is the latest crypto fraudster to face charges, while the CFTC charged another company and its head. Marco Ruiz Ochoa pleaded guilty...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
As a part
of a broader crackdown on fraudulent crypto operations in the USA, one of the
masterminds behind the AirBit Club has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Pablo Renato Rodriguez, who has run a global crypto Ponzi scheme with his
co-conspira...