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Airbit Club Founders, Lawyer Plead Guilty to $100M Fraud Scheme
8.3.2023
The scheme's founders and promoters promised victims their money would be invested in a lucrative mining operation, but instead spent funds on cars, jewelry and luxury homes
SEC Files Emergency Action Against Bkcoin in $100 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
7.3.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an emergency action against Miami-based investment adviser Bkcoin and one of its principals, Kevin Kang. “The defendants disregarded the structure of the funds, commingled investor assets, and used more than $3.6 million to make...
SEC accuses Utah firm of 'fraudulent' $18M crypto mining scheme
7.3.2023
The SEC said Green United’s operation was a fraud and the community was quick to quell fears of the SEC classing crypto mining as a security in the suit
SEC Files Emergency Action Against BKCoin for Running $100M ‘Ponzi-Like’ Scheme
6.3.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was granted emergency relief by a Florida court on Monday to freeze and appoint a receiver for the assets of Miami-based crypto hedge fund BKCoin and one of its co-founders, Kevin Kang
US Sentences Man to 3 Years in Prison for Defrauding Investors in Crypto Mining Scheme
6.3.2023
A U.S. district judge has sentenced a man to three years in prison in a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining scheme. The defendant “misappropriated his victims’ money and failed to provide them with the miners and miner-hosting services they had purchased from him,” according to...
Mirror Trading International Liquidators Spent More Than $6 million on Lawyers and Investigators
27.2.2023
Liquidators of the now defunct bitcoin trading platform, Mirror Trading International have so far used approximately $4.2 million on expenses such as lawyers’ or consultants’ fees. Between Jan. 23, 2023, and the date of their appointment, liquidators claimed to have recovered...
Feds discover DeFi’s alleged $340 million Ponzi scheme
24.2.2023
Centralized exchanges are under threat of being reprimanded by regulators in the US. When it appeared that things would be limited to the exchange sector, it was discovered that another sector was preparing for a serious allegation: decentralized finance (DeFi). In light of recent events, the...
Russian Founders of Defi Platform Forsage Indicted in $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
23.2.2023
Four Russians have been charged in the U.S. with operating a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of millions of dollars. If convicted, they would face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for their roles in the purportedly decentralized finance (defi) platform Forsage....
Former Cohasset High School Employee Accused of Stealing Thousands in Electricity to Mine Bitcoin in School Campus Crawlspace
23.2.2023
A former school assistant facilities director in Cohasset, Massachusetts, has been accused of operating a cryptocurrency mining operation inside a crawlspace at Cohasset High School. The Cohasset Police Department alleges that Nadeam Nahas stole nearly $18,000 in electricity to power the crypto...
Forsage founders indicted over $340M DeFi ‘Ponzi scheme’
23.2.2023
According to the Department of Justice, Forsage employed smart contracts which were coded in ways consistent with a Ponzi scheme
Forsage Founders Indicted for $340M Ponzi Scheme Masquerading as DeFi Platform
23.2.2023
Federal Judge Rules NBA Top Shot NFTs May Be Considered Unregistered Securities
23.2.2023
A federal judge, Victor Marrero, ruled on Wednesday that the NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued by Dapper Labs may meet the requirements to be considered an unregistered security. The case arose in 2021 when an NBA Top Shot collector sued Dapper Labs, claiming that the NBA Top Shot...
Onecoin Cryptoqueen Killed in Greece in 2018, Report Claims
21.2.2023
Ruja Ignatova, founder of the crypto pyramid Onecoin, may have been murdered in Greece a year after her disappearance. According to an article, quoting а leaked report from a police informant, the “missing Cryptoqueen” was killed on a yacht in the Ionian Sea more than four years ago. Murder in...
Onecoin Cryptoqueen’s Ex-boyfriend Gets 5 Years in Prison
18.2.2023
A former boyfriend of Ruja Ignatova, the mastermind of the Ponzi scheme Onecoin, has received five years in prison. The sentence is for the laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of proceeds from the notorious crypto scam which defrauded investors around the world. Ruja’s Former...
Binance Accused of Moving $400 Million from U.S. Partner to CEO's Trading Firm in Secret Scheme – Here's the Latest
17.2.2023
Binance has moved more than $400 million from its purportedly independent U.S. partner to a trading firm managed by the company's CEO Changpeng Zhao.
Over $400 million flowed from the Binance.US account at California-based Silvergate Bank to Merit Peak, a trading firm linked to CZ, over the first...
CFTC Charges California Firm and CEO With Fraud, Misappropriation of Digital Assets
16.2.2023
The commission alleges the defendants fraudulently solicited over $7 million worth of bitcoin and ether and misappropriated a portion of the funds in a Ponzi-like scheme
SEC-retly Failing: How the SEC Is Letting Crypto Down
16.2.2023
When Gary Gensler (ex-Goldman Sachs investment banker) was announced as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in February 2021, the crypto industry saw a glimpse of hope. After all, the man in charge of regulating the industry was a “crypto native,” having taught...
UAE Launches ‘Financial Infrastructure Transformation’ Program; CBDC Among 9 Key Objectives
14.2.2023
On Feb. 12, 2023, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) announced the launch of a new initiative called the “Financial Infrastructure Transformation Program,” which has nine key objectives. One of these objectives is the research and development of a central bank digital...
Crypto, forex platform CEO pleads guilty in $248M fraud scheme
13.2.2023
Eddy Alexandre, the CEO of the purported crypto trading platform EminiFX is facing as much as 10 years behind bars for his part in the fraudulent enterprise
EminiFX CEO Eddy Alexandre Set to Plead Guilty to Role in Alleged $59M Ponzi Scheme
8.2.2023
Alexandre is now expected to plead guilty for his role in an alleged fraud that federal prosecutors say duped investors out of $59 million