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The South Korean Supreme Court has upheld existing judgments from the local court and slammed a 25-year jail term on V.Global CEO for $2bn fraud.
2023-1-16 13:30 | |
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The millions will be distributed among the select number of victims, but thousands more were impacted by the $2.4 billion fraudulent scheme.
2023-1-13 07:42 | |
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The Nova Scotia Securities Commission is alerting locals to a cryptocurrency fraud that it describes as a "pig slaughtering" scheme.
2023-1-10 14:06 | |
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The DOJ has arrested and filed fraud charges against Ramon Perez, 40, and Nestor Nunez, 64, both of whom promoted the Forcount Ponzi scheme.
2023-1-7 13:36 | |
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Two additional promoters of the Forcount Ponzi scheme – a Brazil-based crypto scam that defrauded Spanish-speaking investors around the world of a collective $8.4 million – have been arrested and charged with fraud for their role in the alleged grift.
2023-1-7 01:38 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight individuals and entities associated with the blockchain startup CoinDeal with fraud. They are said to have violated US laws and orchestrated a scheme to obtain client assets totaling $45 million. False…
2023-1-5 15:43 | |
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The U. S SEC charged six individuals and two companies related to the CoinDeal investment scheme. CoinDeal raised more than $45 million from unregistered securities sales, alleged the SEC.
2023-1-5 14:30 | |
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Since HEX dawned on the crypto scene, shrugging off the "Ponzi scheme" trait has been close to impossible. Crypto analysts were even questioning how its market cap surged to almost $1B in mid-2022, yet the coin seemingly remained “unnoticed” by the crypto market.
2022-12-27 01:11 | |
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The co-founder of the fraudulent scheme is set to be sentenced in April 2023 on charges relating to wire fraud and money laundering.
2022-12-19 08:41 | |
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Social media influencers under the scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a $100 million securities fraud scheme. The post SEC Continues Targeting Social Media Influencers in Latest $100 Million Securities Fraud Scheme appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-12-15 22:47 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged eight individuals with a $100 million securities fraud scheme involving major social media platforms, Twitter and Discord. The post SEC charges eight in $100M social media securities fraud appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-12-15 20:19 | |
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According to a newly unsealed indictment. Frank Schneider, a notorious player in the OneCoin Ponzi scheme, will face charges of wire fraud and money laundering upon extradition to the U.S.
2022-12-8 00:06 | |
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According to a public statement by the CFTC on Thursday, Jeremy Spenz, founder of Coin Signals pled guilty to running a ponzi scheme. Jeremy Spence is ordered to repay the amount that he allegedly gained by soliciting individuals to invest in…
2022-12-3 15:24 | |
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse suggested that the edgy FTX exchange was a fraudulent scheme. Garlinghouse dismisses FTX unregulated claim as “overstated” During a recent interview on CNBC International today, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, while speaking on the current trend in…
2022-11-17 06:00 | |
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Ruja Ignatova, who is notoriously known as the “Cryptoqueen,” has evaded capture for five years and authorities are still clueless as to the whereabouts of the woman behind the infamous OneCoin Ponzi scheme.
2022-10-19 11:40 | |
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India’s financial watchdog, Enforcement Directorate (ED), confiscated $1. 2 million in an investigation of a fraud scheme relying on an App-based token, HPZ. Per an official press release published on September 29, several apps offered users to buy the HPZ tokens to have higher returns.
2022-10-3 01:11 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) filed parallel charges against two organizations. They are Bermuda-based Arbitrade Ltd and Canada-baseThe post This latest pump-and-dump scheme left SEC, OSC to file fraud charges appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-10-1 18:30 | |
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The head-trader of crypto platform EmpiresX pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit a securities fraud. The charges on the alleged are in connected with a global ponzi scheme that defraudeThe post EmpiresX: What now as head trader pleads guilty to $100 million ponzi scheme appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-9-9 21:00 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 11 people tied to the alleged $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme Forsage with fraud on Monday.
2022-8-2 20:12 | |
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Per a press release from the U. S. Department Of Justice (DoJ), a former Coinbase employee has been arrested for his alleged participation in an inside trading scheme. The main suspect was identified as Ishan Wahi, former product manager at this company.
2022-7-22 19:53 | |
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This week US prosecutors announced that six people have been indicted in four fraudulent NFT and crypto schemes involving more than $130 million in losses to investors. Included in the indictments were a Ponzi scheme, an ICO, investment fraud and an NFT scam.
2022-7-9 11:26 | |
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KeyFi Inc, a DeFi staking software developing firm, has filed a lawsuit against embattled crypto lending company Celsius Network over allegations of fraud while also alleging that the firm operated in a Ponzi-like manner.
2022-7-8 18:52 | |
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If successful, the DOJ could theoretically use the case as a model to police market manipulation for other assets, regardless of whether they are considered securities. Regulators are watching.
2022-6-11 01:58 | |
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The US Department of Justice has filed charges against a former product manager at leading NFT marketplace OpenSea for wire fraud and money laundering in what the DoJ called the “first-ever digital asset insider trading scheme.
2022-6-3 00:50 | |
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Nathaniel Chastain, a former employee of OpenSea was arrested this morning on wire fraud and money laundering charges. The Department of Justice has charged Chastain with insider trading. The First...
2022-6-2 21:45 | |
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A New York man has been arrested and charged with fraud for his role in alleged crypto investing scheme “EminiFX.”
2022-5-13 00:44 | |
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A New York man has been arrested and charged with fraud for his role in alleged crypto investing scheme “EminiFX.”
2022-5-13 00:44 | |
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The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment charging Luiz Capuci Jr. , the CEO of Mining Capital Coin (MCC), for orchestrating a $62 million global investment and fraud scheme.
2022-5-10 15:30 | |
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The US Department of Justice charged Mining Capital Coin’s senior executive officer with conspiracy to commit a $62 million crypto investment scam. According to the DOJ complaint, Luiz Capuci and unnamed co-conspirators deceived investors over the profit-generating potential of MCC mining packages and a native token called Capital Coin, which was backed by the “largest […]
2022-5-9 12:11 | |
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“Capuci operated a fraudulent investment scheme and did not use investors’ funds to mine new cryptocurrency, as promised, but instead diverted the funds to cryptocurrency wallets under his control,” the DOJ stated.
2022-5-10 07:09 | |
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On Friday, the U.S. DOJ indicted the CEO of Mining Capital Coin (MCC) for allegedly scheming a $62 million global investment fraud. The post U.S. DOJ Indicts Mining Capital Coin CEO in $62 Million Investment Fraud Scheme appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-5-7 23:24 | |
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A Florida man has been indicted in a massive cryptocurrency fraud scheme
2022-5-7 21:44 | |
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Asa Saint Clair was convicted of wire fraud for devising an investment scheme that swindled hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 60 victims.
2022-3-18 19:03 | |
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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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Joseph O’Connor indicted on a raft of wire fraud, computer hacking, money laundering and identify theft counts.
2021-11-5 01:15 | |
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A Swedish man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the U. S. for an investment fraud scheme involving cryptocurrency, including bitcoin. He defrauded thousands of victims of more than $16 million.
2021-7-9 20:00 | |
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A social media influencer known for “cash giveaways” has failed to show the money in alleged Bitcoin wire fraud scheme.
2021-3-25 08:17 | |
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United States Department of Justice today sentenced Sohrab “Sam” Sharma, one of the founders of the ‘Centra Tech’ crypto project, to serve eight years for an “ICO fraud scheme.” AuthoritieThe post Centra Tech Inc co-founder sentenced to 8 years in prison for ICO fraud appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-3-6 01:30 | |
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The scheme allegedly included offering bitcoin at “half market price.”
2021-2-6 20:35 | |
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Two men have been accused of defrauding 3 women in a scam disguised as a bitcoin investment scheme. The pair allegedly swindled more than 150,000 Malaysian ringgits (almost $37,000) from their victims and now face a plethora of punishments under the country’s stiff penal code if convicted.
2021-2-4 14:15 | |
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a cryptocurrency trader for allegedly being involved in a ponzi scheme defrauding more than $5 million from over 170 investors. The accusThe post US SEC charges crypto trader 'Coin Signals' in $5 million fraud case appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-1-27 02:00 | |
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A petition has been submitted to the European Parliament, asking to implement a scheme to compensate crypto-related victims. The crimes mentioned in the petition 0421/2020 include fraud, piracy, and extortion.
2021-1-19 13:30 | |
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The U. S. has sentenced a cryptocurrency exchange owner to 10 years in prison. He “knowingly and intentionally engaged in business practices designed to both assist fraudsters in laundering the proceeds of their fraud and to shield himself from criminal liability,” the Department of Justice alleges.
2021-1-16 22:05 | |
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United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Southern District of New York (SDNY) extradited a member of an alleged AirBit Club ponzi scheme for “internationally coordinated fraud and money lauThe post US DoJ extradites alleged AirBit Club Ponzi operator from Panama appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-12-1 01:30 | |
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Ledger wallet owners have fell victim to a scheme that defrauded them out of 1,150,000 XRP. A community-run fraud awareness group xrplorer unveiled this news on November 2, noting that the scam leveraged a phishing email that instructed users to use a fake version of the Ledger website, which contained a homoglyph in the URL.
2020-11-7 22:58 | |
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Working in collaboration, U. S. and Brazilian authorities have reportedly seized $24 million in crypto linked to an internet fraud scheme. Referred to as “Operation Egypto,” the investigation was led by Brazilian authorities with American law enforcement aid.
2020-11-6 19:26 | |
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The CEO of Arbistar the Spanish investment company, Santiago Fuentes, has been arrested and arraigned on charges of fraud, belonging to a criminal organization and money laundering. Fuentes, who has been in hiding since September, was arrested at one of his properties in the south of Tenerife.
2020-10-24 22:15 | |
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A movie is being made about Onecoin’s cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet. This Hollywood MGM movie is based on a true story told by a victim of the cryptocurrency fraud scheme.
2020-10-11 14:15 | |
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According to a press release published on Monday, Sep 28, a Bulgarian national has been found guilty in a U. S. court for his role in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. The person in question, Rossen Iossifov, is the 53-year-old Bulgarian owner of cryptocurrency exchange ‘RG Coins.
2020-9-29 17:05 | |
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