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A California judge has ordered $17 million in restitution to be paid out to hundreds of victims of the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, the infamous global scam that collapsed in 2018. origin »
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One of the most popular BitConnect promoters said that he lost most of the money he invested in BitConnect and that it was not the first scam he fell victim. BitConnect was a scam crypto-related project that promised very larger returns for investors but that ultimately didn’t survive. Matos Says He Lost Money on BitConnect […]
2019-5-5 23:45 | |
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By CCN. com: Carlos Matos, who promoted Bitconnect throughout its existence, posted a bizarre video to YouTube today in which he claims that he lost most of the money invested in BitConnect and that it was not the first scam to which he fell victim.
2019-5-4 13:30 | |
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CoinSpeaker Did Christchurch Killer Invested in Crypto Scam Bitconnect?New Zealand has suffered one of its darkest days after a terrorist went to his “terminating spree” to several Christchurch mosques killing 49 people.
2019-3-15 17:26 | |
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New Zealand has suffered one of its darkest days after a terrorist targeted several Christchurch mosques killing 49 people and seriously wounding 20 others. The alleged killer, a 28-year-old Australian man who according to reports says his name is Brenton Tarrant, claimed responsibility for the massacre, which he live-streamed as he gunned down Muslim worshippers.
2019-3-15 16:10 | |
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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 ˆ3.
2019-3-11 08:15 | |
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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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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking to speak to those investors burned by what has perhaps become the best known scam in cryptocurrency history, Bitconnect. The word Bitconnect is now synonymous with scams targeting the cryptocurrency community.
2019-2-21 02:00 | |
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The victims of the once popular lending platform that turned out to be the biggest crypto scam in history are encouraged to speak up by the FBI
2019-3-27 22:01 | |
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Older generations have been through a substantial rollercoaster with the financial industry in their lifetime. However, as the evolving world changes with the presence of cryptocurrency, the territory seems new and unfamiliar, leading scam artists to take advantage of these investors that are new to cryptocurrency. As The Block reports, this is exactly the case […]
2019-2-11 04:09 | |
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Fraudsters are using a false TSSB notice to deceive Bitconnect victims by collecting a $250 fee for fake compensation initiatives.
2018-12-4 20:39 | |
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In this edition of The Daily, we look at the latest regulatory development in Europe – Belarus High Technologies Park has adopted new regulations for cryptocurrency companies. We also cover Galaxy Digital’s report into its third quarter financial results and an alert issued in Texas about a new scam promising refunds to Bitconnect investors.
2018-12-1 17:00 | |
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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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BitConnect investors hoping to recoup their losses have consolidated all existing lawsuits against the startup into one.
2018-10-18 05:04 | |
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Nalin Kotadiya, ex-MP from India’s ruling party, is accused of orchestrating the kidnapping of one of BitConnect’s victims.
2018-9-10 17:03 | |
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Bitconnect eventually turned into one of the biggest Ponzi Schemes the cryptocurrency industry has ever seen, surprisingly it is still actively listed on exchanges today. While the number of trading opportunities is nearly reduced to zero, it seems some service operators still have some cleaning up to do. The two following platforms still have active […]
2018-9-4 19:00 | |
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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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Bitconnect ceased all operations in Jan 2018 citing bad press, scrutiny by US regulators and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on its system. India Tightens the Noose in the Pursuit of Bitconnect Scammers According to a local media report, Indian authorities nabbed Divyesh Darji, the alleged Asian head of Bitconnect, on Aug 19 at New Delhi’s […] Bitconnect ICO Scam: Indian Police Nabs Key Accused was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-8-24 15:14 | |
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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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Glenn Arcaro Argues Bitconnect Is Gambling And Is Not A Security Glenn Arcaro, a top U.S. Bitconnect investor, moved to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed by the platform’s victims. Arcaro argued that other investors were “disappointed gamblers,” that the laws cited in the class-action lawsuit “do not apply to him,” and that he has “no […]
2018-8-20 22:00 | |
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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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Divyesh Darji, the head of BitConnect India and the alleged kingpin of a cryptocurrency scam that duped investors out of billions of dollars, was arrested on Saturday by the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Delhi airport.
2018-8-20 18:59 | |
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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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Divyesh Darji, the alleged Asian head of defunct cryptocurrency platform BitConnect, was arrested by Indian authorities at Delhi Airport on August 18. The arrest is set to provide a modicum of justice to those affected by what has been dubbed the biggest scam in cryptocurrency history.
2018-8-20 13:00 | |
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Alleged India Bitconnect head, Divyesh Darji, was arrested this week at an airport in Delhi as he arrived from Dubai. He and conspirators are accused of bilking millions of dollars (Rs 88,000 crore) from Indian investors seeking to find financial refuge during the government’s demonetization campaign.
2018-8-20 21:40 | |
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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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News Youtube has been dragged into a class action lawsuit against Bitconnect for failure to protect its users from being exposed to the scam’s videos. Also Read: No Insider Trading, Market Manipulation and Misleading Ads – Malta’s New Crypto Law Youtube to Blame for Bitconnect? Youtube has been added as a defendant in a class
2018-7-9 03:52 | |
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Youtube has been dragged into a class action lawsuit against Bitconnect for failure to protect its users from being exposed to the scam’s videos. This case might be used by Google and others to justify their bans on crypto ads, arguing that their algorithms can not distinguish between legitimate projects and frauds.
2018-7-9 02:15 | |
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The plaintiffs claimed that the video-sharing platform failed to protect users from BitConnect promotional content despite several signals.
2018-7-7 22:09 | |
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The opposition urges the Supreme Court to join an ongoing investigation of the Bitconnect fraudulent scheme and the theft of 200 Bitcoins, claiming the ruling party put political pressure on investigators.
2018-7-6 14:52 | |
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The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Tulip Siddiq as the City Minister, a role that oversees financial services including crypto.
Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association, has been formally established and the founding meeting held with 24 cryptocurrency-related entities.
The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.
The Federal Reserve continues to pilot a central bank digital currency, but will not issue one without executive branch and Congressional support, the report said.
India's most controversial crypto tax, the 1% TDS levy deducted at source, should be lowered to 0.01%, according to the findings of a new study.