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Nalezeno "Ponzi Scheme": 351

The Most Famous Financial Pyramids in the Crypto World

4.7.2020
Crypto itself has only been around for a decade, and the space has already gained its top Ponzi scheme actors. Here are three of them

OneCoin Marketing Scam Operator Fined $72,000 in Singapore

3.7.2020
A Singapore man was fined $72,000 for operating a multi-level marketing scheme linked to the Ponzi scheme OneCoin

Filipino Crypto Scammers Are Impersonating Government Officials for Profit

22.6.2020
The Philippines Department of Finance warns people that Bitcoin Revolution uses government officials’ names to spread fake news endorsing their business

Alleged Ponzi Scheme Sent the $5 Million in Ether Gas Fees

17.6.2020
The origin of the abnormal Ether transactions that paid more than $5 million in gas fees seems to be Korean “exchange” GoodCycle

Bitcoin Ponzi Scammer Arrested by Jakarta Police for Sexual Assault

16.6.2020
Russ Albert Medlin — co-founder of alleged crypto Ponzi scheme BitClub — was arrested in South Jakarta for sexual assault on minors

BTC in Peril, Quadriga “Ponzi,” Coinbase Punished: Hodler’s Digest, June 8–14

14.6.2020
The Bitcoin uptrend could be in peril, QuadrigaCX described as a “Ponzi scheme,” and Coinbase is punished for outages

Quadriga Was a Ponzi Scheme, Ontario Securities Regulator Says

11.6.2020
NEW: The Ontario Securities Commission has published a scathing report calling now-defunct Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX a "Ponzi," and denouncing the practices of founder and CEO Gerald Cotten

Plus Token Leadership Faces Criminal Prosecution in China

22.5.2020
PlusToken main criminal suspect got caught and is now facing local court prosecution

PlusToken Scammer Implicated in China’s Second Ten-Figure Crypto Ponzi

16.5.2020
Six people have pled guilty to operating a crypto MLM scam that absorbed roughly $1 billion from over 700,000 investors

COVID-19 Defense Fails Once More for Co-Founder of Alleged $9M Crypto Ponzi

14.5.2020
In the case against an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme founder, judges are not convinced that the risk of COVID-19 is enough to allow posting a bail bond for release

3 Reports Look at North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Iran’s Farhad Exchange, and the Crypto Ponzi Futurenet

7.5.2020
On May 4, 2020, the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis published a three-part series covering a crypto Ponzi scheme, North Korea, and Iran’s use of digital currencies like bitcoin. The company’s research papers discuss the Poland-based crypto Ponzi called Futurenet, a hosting...

Onecoin Lawsuit Continues: Judge Lifts Stay Order, Investigators Search for ‘Crypto Queen’

4.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the unsealed indictment tied to the Onecoin cofounder Sebastian Greenwood. At the same time, U.S. Judge Valerie Caproni had placed a stay order on the case against Greenwood, Konstantin Ignatov, Mark Scott and David Pike. Now Judge Caproni has lifted...

Judge Rules Lawsuit Targeting Multi-Billion OneCoin Ponzi Can Proceed

2.5.2020
The judge presiding over a class-action lawsuit targeting the executives behind the OneCoin Ponzi scheme has allowed the case to proceed

Key OneCoin Figure Returns With New USDT-Powered Ponzi Scheme

22.4.2020
OneLink comprises a classic Ponzi scheme — offering no product beyond OneLink membership for affiliates to promote

OneCoin Investors Ask Judge Not to Scrap Suit While New Indictment Is Unsealed

21.4.2020
A indictment alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud against OneCoin co-founder Karl Greenwood was unsealed ahead of his June pre-trial conference

Crypto Staking Wallet Offers 1.5% Daily Returns: Ponzi in Progress?

20.4.2020
A cryptocurrency staking app looks like a Ponzi scheme and might be related to an exit scam from 2018, according to a former victim

Charges of Fraudulent Pretense: US Court Unseals Onecoin Cofounder’s Indictment

13.4.2020
Manhattan prosecutors from the New York Southern District Court (NYSD) have unsealed indictment charges against Onecoin cofounder Sebastian Greenwood. The documents allege that Greenwood, alongside his accomplices Ruja Ignatova the ‘Crypto Queen’ and her brother Konstantin Ignatov...