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OneCoin Founder's Brother Agrees to Testify Against Sister in Settlement

21.8.2020
The OneCoin case now seems to turn the sibling founders against each other

Onecoin Allegedly Tied to Racehorse Firm, Phoenix Thoroughbreds Removed from France Galop Race

21.8.2020
Last week the firm Phoenix Thoroughbreds was reportedly banned from horse racing in France over the founder’s alleged involvement with the crypto Ponzi scheme Onecoin. Last November, Onecoin cofounder Konstantin Ignatov, the Cryptoqueen’s brother, told New York prosecutors Phoenix...

Andreas Antonopoulos: Hex Team Offered Me 10 BTC to Speak Well of Their Token

15.8.2020
Andreas Antonopoulos says he was offered 10 BTC for an interview with the objective to show that Hex is not a scam. The alleged offer comes as Hex proponents battle persistent Ponzi allegations. Antonopolous, an influential cryptocurrency advocate, also reveals the offer was on condition he does...

From Call Centers to Cryptos: India’s Scammers Don't Seem to Stop

11.8.2020
As cryptos gain ground in India and Bitcoin price spikes, Indian scammers are likely to make the most of the opportunity

Reports Claim UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ‘Pressurized’ to Remove Onecoin Scam Warning

8.8.2020
A recent episode of the popular BBC Sounds podcast the “Missing Cryptoqueen” has shown the public a very interesting view of the powerful Onecoin Ponzi. According to two witnesses the BBC interviewed, a London law firm and a reputation management company allegedly managed to get...

One Month On, Forsage Continues Despite SEC’s Ponzi Warnings

6.8.2020
Forsage members are courting a high risk with the Philippines' securities regulator

Blockstream’s Adam Back Slams Ethereum as a Ponzi-Scheme

6.8.2020
Crypto tribalism shifts up a gear, with Bitcoin pioneer Adam Back lashing out at Ethereum

Inside a Crypto ‘Ponzi’: How the $6.5M Banana.Fund Fraud Unravelled

3.8.2020
U.S. authorities are trying to return $6.5 million in bitcoin and tether to the victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme

Chinese Police Take Down $6 Billion Plustoken Ponzi, Arrest 109 People

31.7.2020
Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested 109 people in connection with the Plustoken Ponzi scheme. Twenty-seven of them are allegedly the scheme’s masterminds and 82 are key members. The Plustoken scammers have swindled funds worth about $5.7 billion from more than 2 million investors....

The Onecoin Debacle: Indictments Unsealed, 2 Dead in Mexico, Story Gets ‘Darker’

29.7.2020
The Onecoin fiasco is still making headlines these days as a number of alleged money laundering companies were exposed on July 25, two Onecoin leaders were recently killed in Mexico, and the British author Jamie Bartlett revealed a new “Missing Cryptoqueen” episode is coming soon....

How Billion-Dollar Crypto Scams Lure Victims

25.7.2020
In the past week, reports emerged that some key members of the Onecoin scam were found dead in Mexico. According to reports, the two Oscar Brito Ibarra and Ignacio Ibarra may have been kidnapped and murdered but the motives behind their murder is unclear. Onecoin is one of the biggest...

New Suit Alleges Utahn Ponzi Operators Took the Money and Ran

16.7.2020
New suit looks to recover nearly three quarters of a million dollars from alleged ponzi scheme that claimed major altcoin gains amid crypto winter

South African Bitcoin Investment Company Pushes Back Against Texas Scam Allegations

16.7.2020
Mirror Trading International (MTI), a South African bitcoin investment company at the center of a cease and desist order issued by the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB), is pushing back allegations that it is running a Ponzi scheme or a scam. MTI CEO Johann Steynberg issued a statement assuaging...

Promoters of Crypto Ponzi Scheme OneCoin Murdered in Mexico

15.7.2020
Two promoters of the crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin were found dead in Mexico last month

Youtube Helps Scammers Steal $130,000 in Bitcoin From Investors Daily: Report

13.7.2020
Scammers raked-in $24 million in bitcoin during the first six months of 2020, according to a new report from crypto monitoring service Whale Alert. Cyber-thieves are finding it very easy to fool people of their bitcoin (BTC} because their schemes have become believably professional and aggressive...

Zimbabwe’s Battle To Control Currency Inadvertently Boosts Bitcoin Profile

12.7.2020
Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economic situation is forcing authorities to sign off on some desperate and controversial decisions. Some of such decisions include the abrupt suspension mobile money as well as the recent designation of Zimswitch as a national payment switch. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe...

Romanian Programmer Admits Conspiring to Create $722M Bitclub Ponzi Scheme

10.7.2020
A Romanian man admitted Thursday to conspiring to engage in wire fraud and selling unregistered securities linked to Bitclub Network, a cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme worth at least $722 million. Silviu Catalin Balaci, 35, a Romanian citizen appeared before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi....