2022-2-28 09:00 |
A San Diego-based federal grand jury charged Kumbhani for orchestrating an alleged Ponzi scheme via BitConnect’s “Lending Program” among other allegations.
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The DOJ has zeroed in on the founder of the infamous BitConnect Ponzi scheme. He’s now facing up to 70 years behind bars
2022-2-28 19:43 | |
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A federal grand jury in San Diego charged the founder of a cryptocurrency startup Friday in a broad indictment that claims he cheated investors of more than $2. 4 billion in a Ponzi scam. Prosecutors say the fraud is the largest of its sort ever prosecuted criminally.
2022-2-28 15:33 | |
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The United States Department of Justice is selling cryptocurrencies worth a total of $56 million, which were seized from BitConnect’s top promoter, a crypto investment scam and Ponzi scheme that crashed in 2018.
2021-11-18 19:02 | |
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Бывший директор и промоутер BitConnect Гленн Аркаро признал себя виновным в участии в мошеннической схеме, которая выманила у инвесторов в криптовалюты более $2 млрд. Director and Promoter of BitConnect Pleads Guilty in Global $2 Billion Cryptocurrency Scheme https://t.
2021-9-2 10:37 | |
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Former BitConnect promoter Glenn Arcaro has pled guilty to his role in the saga, but the whereabouts of the firm’s founder, Satish Kumbhani, are unknown.
2021-9-2 05:13 | |
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Four of six U.S.-based promoters of the notorious BitConnect Ponzi scheme have reached settlement agreements with the SEC.
2021-7-8 05:25 | |
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U. S. Security Exchange Commission announced yesterday that it has charged five individuals involved in the BitConnect cryptocurrency lending program in 2017, for promoting unregistered digital asset securities.
2021-5-30 21:24 | |
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The SEC is bringing an enforcement action against the promoters of the infamous BitConnect Ponzi scheme
2021-5-29 22:42 | |
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John Bigatton has been barred from providing financial services in Australia for seven years for his involvement with the BitConnect Ponzi scheme.
2020-9-3 10:30 | |
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Plus Token, Bitconnect, OneCoin, had one thing in common - an investment deal that sounded too good to be true and when something's is too good to be true, it usually is. With One Coin Ponzi, Ruja IgnThe post Why this Bitcoin and Ethereum ponzi scheme garnered billions (in victims and dollars) appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-7-6 17:00 | |
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Prominent cryptocurrency expert Max Keiser believes that much of the current DeFi coin wave resembles the BitConnect Ponzi scheme in substance and methodology
2020-6-25 13:05 | |
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The BitConnect Ponzi Scheme has made quite an impact on the cryptocurrency space. It now appears that a somewhat similar project has popped up in Brazil. Known as Genbit, the company faces some serious allegations.
2020-2-6 07:00 | |
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Bitconnect, one of the most notorious and widespread pyramid schemes in crypto history, crashed two years ago today. BitConnect Scheme Unraveled as Bitcoin Moved Away from Peak Prices The crypto lending scheme, known for its mass-audience meetings and pervasive messages, promised huge rates of return, depending on always-booming BTC prices.
2020-1-16 17:30 | |
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The cryptocurrency industry has gotten a bad reputation through the years for the scams that have plagued it, and another one has recently been added to the ranks. In the same way that BitConnect and Plus Token were discovered to be Ponzi schemes, so has the Cloud Token according to a report and AZC News. […]
2019-12-24 01:26 | |
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Once beloved, now forsaken, BitConnect was the hottest thing in the market for a good year before the broader market realized this was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. People all over the world fell victim to the exuberance of the scheme, offering a whopping one percent daily compounded yield.
2019-11-5 20:00 | |
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Plus Token may be the new whale in town, taking away nearly $2 billion’s equivalent of Ethereum (ETH), becoming a larger pyramid scheme even than BitConnect.
2019-8-27 10:29 | |
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Just days ago, we cast our minds back to the altcoin season of 2017, musing that Bitconnect is one of the projects now long dead after flying high only two years previously. Perhaps we spoke too soon… because news emerged over the weekend that crypto’s legendary Ponzi scheme is set to stage a return.
2019-5-21 19:59 | |
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A website has appeared, promising the relaunch of the BitConnect system within 41 days.
2019-5-20 16:54 | |
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The return of notorious cryptocurrency ponzi scheme Bitconnect is closer than ever, its mysterious organizers claim after revealing a July launch date. Bitconnect: Unapologetically Fraudulent A fresh tweet from the Twitter account of the so-called ‘Bitconnect 2.
2019-5-20 12:00 | |
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In the world of Bitcoin scams, nothing comes close to the Bitconnect Ponzi scheme. On January 16, 2018, Bitconnect… The post Will Bitcoin SV Go Down To Zero Just Like Bitconnect? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-17 12:26 | |
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The world is still in shock following the events that happened in two mosques in New Zealand just a few hours ago. What’s even more baffling is how one of the villains is said to have made his money.
2019-3-15 18:02 | |
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The leader of a prolific cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, OneCoin, was arrested and charged on Mar. 6th. OneCoin Ltd. claims to have 3 million members—or victims—worldwide and has generated over €3.
2019-3-11 08:15 | |
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According to a press release from the FBI’s Cleveland Field Office, agents are investigating Bitconnect Coin (BCC), a cryptocurrency first released in 2016 through an ICO. Promoters guaranteed investors up to a 10 percent total return per month on... Source
2019-2-26 22:02 | |
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is looking for victims who invested in the cryptocurrency BitConnect (BCC) to aid with the ongoing investigation of the alleged Ponzi scheme, the agency announced Feb.
2019-2-25 02:05 | |
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The FBI wants to identify alleged victims of the Bitconnect alleged ponzi scheme via a questionnaire
2019-2-23 10:41 | |
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The Bitconnect ponzi scheme managed to rope in a lot of investors in the two year period it was operational. From February 2016 till January 2018, BCC was the coin that guaranteed profits for many.
2019-2-21 15:20 | |
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Like most scams, it will be years before Bitconnect’s operators have felt the full weight of their actions. However, the US government wants victims to help bring the $2. 5 billion crypto Ponzi scheme to justice.
2019-2-21 02:05 | |
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John Bigatton, a promoter of $2.6 billion alleged Ponzi scheme Bitconnect, is now under a travel ban imposed by the Australia federal court
2019-1-8 18:51 | |
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Australian authorities have frozen the assets of BitConnect promoter John Bigatton, as international investigations into the world’s biggest cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme continue. As per request by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the federal court also issued Bigatton with a travel ban, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
2019-1-8 14:24 | |
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A new Ponzi scheme is operating in a similar way as Bitconnect was doing in the past. BitherCash, the name of this fraudulent scheme, has been reviewed by BehindMLM on November 10. According to the report, the company does not provide any information about who owns or runs the business. However, this seems to go […]
2018-11-11 21:16 | |
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Carlos Matos loooooooooooooooves Bitconneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeect… but he absolutely hates Bitcoin (BTC). The famous promo-maker of the most notorious Ponzi scheme in the world of cryptocurrencies, published a tweet a few hours ago advising all his followers to “sell everything” they had in Bitcoin (BTC) as it is a Scam: Bitcoin Is A Scam.
2018-10-27 19:32 | |
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According to recent court documents, an Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint has been filed at a U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against BitConnect.
2018-10-19 22:58 | |
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Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts are all too familiar with the concept of BitConnect. For most of the people who invested in this scheme, things have not ended all that well. Some interesting key facts have come to light regarding this prominent Ponzi Scheme, courtesy of the BehindMLM team.
2018-10-1 20:00 | |
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The Indian CID authorities are widening their investigation into the fallout from the BitConnect scheme.
2018-9-12 18:53 | |
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“BITCONNEEEEECT” The famous words of the Carlos Matos, the mind behind the ‘brilliance’ of what was Bitconnect. Bitconnect is now cryptos most infamous pyramid scheme and was a hot topic for discussion after the hilarious ‘press conference’ earlier in the year.
2018-9-12 16:00 | |
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Crypto Exchange TradeSatoshi Bids Bitconnect Farewell Bitconnect, crypto’s now most infamous pyramid scheme, used to a hot topic of discussion within the cryptosphere, with everyone and their dog having something to say about the project.
2018-9-12 07:06 | |
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Meet The Self-Proclaimed Ponzi Scheme and Exit Scam The cryptocurrency market has its fair share of shady schemes — think Bitconnect or any of the multitude of exit scams that have occurred in the past few years.
2018-8-25 23:08 | |
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Calls to rebuild the community and activity on Steemit are getting more active, pointing to a potential relaunch for the Ponzi scheme.
2018-8-25 16:36 | |
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Murkier details of the Bitconnect cryptocurrency scam have emerged as police have arrested the head of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange. [Note: This is a guest article submitted by Bhushan Akolkar] Bitconnect — A Pyramid Scheme of Scams Last Saturday, August 18, Indian authorities arrested Divyesh Darji, the Asian head of defunct cryptocurrency exchange, in a high-profile scam worth 880 billion Indian Rupees ($12.
2018-8-21 13:00 | |
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The man behind the Asian branch of the $2. 4 billion cryptocurrency scam operation Bitconnect has been arrested by police officers on August 18, 2018, from the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department at Delhi Airport on his return to India.
2018-8-21 00:00 | |
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Nearly eight months to the day after the ponzi scheme BitConnect exit scammed, the sins of the project have caught up to one of its figureheads. Divyesh Darji, the alleged leader of BitConnect’s Asian team, was arrested this Saturday, August 18, 2018, in the Delhi airport by the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
2018-8-20 19:54 | |
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One of the leaders of BitConnect, the most notorious crypto scam, was arrested on arrival in Delhi airport as talks emerged about a possible revival of the project with a new referral scheme.
2018-8-20 14:28 | |
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Nearly eight months after BitConnect pulled one of the most iconic exit scams in cryptocurrency history, the authorities across the globe are still catching up with the crooks behind the pyramid scheme.
2018-8-20 14:19 | |
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BitConnect India is now at the centre of an investigation as authorities believe that the whole concept was ‘probably’ a Ponzi scheme, a scam that saw round $3 billion in investments before the ‘exchange’ closed down in January 2018.
2018-8-20 14:00 | |
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The BitConnect lending pyramid scheme started to indicate a return on social media, while the old BCC asset was scheduled for delisting on the last exchange supporting it.
2018-8-13 16:27 | |
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The final nail in BitConnect’s coffin will come September 10, when the last exchange to offer trading pairs in the controversial cryptocurrency will delist its worthless token, BCC. For the uninitiated – BitConnect was both a pyramid and Ponzi scheme masquerading as a cryptocurrency lending platform.
2018-8-10 15:53 | |
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Months after its crash, the BitConnect scheme is still a significant cautionary tale in the crypto space.
2018-8-6 12:06 | |
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YouTube, a video-sharing site owned by Google, just found itself involved in a lawsuit filed with the Southern District Court of Florida, on July 3, against BitConnect, which is a cryptocurrency lending platform built over a Ponzi scheme.
2018-7-11 16:19 | |
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Bitconnect [BCC], a crypto investment platform, made waves on the Internet after one of their videos went viral on YouTube. Now, YouTube is added as a defendant in the lawsuit against the Ponzi scheme that was Bitconnect.
2018-7-7 10:09 | |
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