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US Sends Crypto Promoter to Prison for 20 Years in Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme
17.10.2024
A cryptocurrency promoter was sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, particularly in Spanish-speaking U.S. communities. The scheme, disguised as a crypto mining operation, promised guaranteed returns but left victims unable to withdraw...
Only Bitfinex may get restitution in 2016 hack, per government filing
9.10.2024
Bitfinex socialized the loss from the hack and reimbursed its customers within eight months, but potential victims can still come forward
Only Bitfinex may get restitution in 2016 hack, per government filing
9.10.2024
Bitfinex socialized the loss from the hack and reimbursed its customers within eight months, but potential victims can still come forward
CFTC Sues Over $3.6M Digital Asset Fraud Targeting Asian Americans
29.9.2024
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has initiated legal action against a fake trading platform and its associates for defrauding investors out of $3.6 million. The scheme, which targeted Asian Americans, involved soliciting funds in fiat and digital assets, with false promises...
Bitcoin Investor Faces Prison Time for Underreporting Crypto Gains
15.9.2024
A bitcoin investor has pleaded guilty to underreporting his cryptocurrency gains, including $3.7 million from BTC sales, resulting in a tax loss to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of over $550,000. The Department of Justice emphasized that taxpayers must accurately report crypto transactions...
US Court Imposes $209 Million Penalty in Crypto Ponzi Scheme
5.9.2024
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ordered an Oregon resident and his entities to pay over $209 million in penalties for running Ponzi schemes disguised as crypto and carbon investment programs. This includes restitution, disgorgement of illegal profits, and a civil...
Ex-Banker Sentenced to 41 Months in US Prison for Crypto Fraud Scheme
2.6.2024
Rashawn Russell, a former investment banker, was sentenced on Thursday to 41 months in prison for a cryptocurrency fraud scheme that caused $1.5 million in investor losses. From November 2020 to August 2022, Russell deceived multiple victims by promising high returns from cryptocurrency...
Miami Crew Leader Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Crypto and Bank Fraud
11.12.2023
Source: Department of Justice The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a sixty-three-month prison sentence against a Miami crew leader for using stolen identities to steal $4 million from a crypto exchange. Per a press release from the department late last month, Esteban Cabrera Da Corte...
Ex-Deutsche Bank Investment Banker Faces Up to 30 Years in Prison for Crypto Fraud
21.9.2023
A registered broker and former investment banker with financial giant Deutsche Bank has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors into a fraudulent crypto fund. He is facing up to 30 years in prison and will be required to pay restitution of more than $1.5 million, according to the U.S. Justice...
US Court Orders Collapsed BTC Investment Firm to Pay Over $1.7 Billion in Restitution for Forex Fraud
9.9.2023
A United States Federal Court Judge has ordered the collapsed bitcoin investment platform Mirror Trading International to pay over $1.7 billion in restitution. Commodity Futures Trading Commission director of enforcement Ian McGinley said the CFTC will not hesitate to go after fraudsters who target...
US Court Hands 3-Year Jail Sentence to Man Accused of Conspiring to Defraud Crypto Holders
23.8.2023
A U.S. court has sentenced a man accused of conspiring to defraud cryptocurrency owners to three years in prison. The court also ordered the man to pay $2,816,433 in restitution to 11 victims of his Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) swap fraud scheme. SIM Swap Fraud Scheme A United States district...
US Court Orders Operator of Digital Asset Trading Scam to Pay $54 Million
30.6.2023
According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Michael Ackerman, the operator of an alleged fraudulent digital asset trading scheme, has been issued with an injunction order which bars him from trading in any CFTC-regulated markets or registering with the CFTC. The injunction also...
Connecticut Banking Regulator Fines Crypto ATM Operator Bitcoin of America
23.5.2023
According to the Connecticut Department of Banking, commissioner Jorge Perez revealed that the regulator has reached a settlement with the crypto automated teller machine (ATM) and kiosk operator Bitcoin of America. As part of the settlement, Bitcoin of America will pay $86,000 in restitution,...
US Court Orders Operator of South African Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme to Pay Over $3.4 Billion
2.5.2023
Johann Steynberg, the founder and CEO of Mirror Trading International, has been ordered to pay over $1.73 billion in restitution to victims of his bitcoin ponzi scheme. The court has also ordered Steynberg to pay a civil monetary penalty of a similar amount. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
Coinbase wins $470K restitution in insider trading case
12.4.2023
The brother of a former Coinbase employee allegedly profited from an insider trading scheme and now has 20 years to repay the funds
Bitconnect Victims to Receive Over $17 Million in Restitution From Ponzi Scheme
14.1.2023
More than $17 million in restitution will be distributed among investors in the pyramid scheme Bitconnect under a court order in the United States. The notorious crypto investment scheme defrauded thousands of people around the world. Bitconnect Investors From Dozens of Countries to Be Paid Back...
BitConnect’s Victims to Receive $17M in Restitution Seized From Scam’s Promoter
13.1.2023
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
800 victims of 'massive' Bitconnect fraud to receive $17M restitution
13.1.2023
The millions will be distributed among the select number of victims, but thousands more were impacted by the $2.4 billion fraudulent scheme
US Sentences Promoter of $3.4B Bitconnect Crypto Ponzi Scheme to 38 Months in Prison
20.9.2022
The U.S. has sentenced a Los Angeles man to 38 months in federal prison for his role in the $3.4 billion Bitconnect crypto Ponzi scheme. He admitted to earning no less than $24 million from the scam, all of which will now be “repaid to investors in restitution or forfeited to...
California Man Must Pay $61K in Restitution for SIM Swap Scam That Stole One Victim's Crypto
11.8.2022
The swindle defrauded Apple and targeted at least 40 people