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$1.1 Billion Crypto Ponzi: Masterminds of Wotoken Head to Prison in China
31.10.2020
A Chinese court has confirmed the sentencing of the masterminds behind the 7.7 billion yuan Chinese Ponzi scheme Wotoken, which had over 715,000 investors. Wotoken Scammers Sentenced to Prison The Intermediate People’s Court of Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, denied an appeal by four...
Chinese Judges Begin Sentencing PlusToken Bitcoin, Ethereum Scam Chiefs
29.9.2020
Judges in China have been handing out penalties to some of the individuals charged with masterminding the PlusToken crypto scam – a Ponzi scheme that reportedly sucked in some 2 million investors.
Per the Chinese prosecution service’s news outlet, via Xinhuanet, 16 individuals of varying seniority...
Alleged Leader of OneCoin Ponzi Has Sentencing for Money Laundering Adjourned
8.7.2020
Konstantin Ignatov has again had his sentencing date adjourned while he continues to cooperate with U. prosecutors
Medical Testing Pushes OneCoin Launderer’s Sentencing to July
26.4.2020
OneCoin launderer, Mark Scott, has appealed a guilty verdict, claiming that he was unaware he was working for a scam
US Court Postpones Sentencing for OneCoin Crypto Scam Co-Founder
8.4.2020
Sentencing for OneCoin co-founder Konstantin Ignatov has been deferred until July 8, 2020
Lyn Ulbricht Speaks Out Against Unfair Silk Road Sentencing, Facebook and Government Hypocrisy
25.10.2019
U.S. representative Ann Wagner noted at a recent hearing that child pornographic material has been reported on Facebook more than any other site. Lyn Ulbricht, mother of currently imprisoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, spoke out in a video livestream Wednesday against her son’s unfair...
Ross Ulbricht Letter Questions the Wisdom of Imprisoning Non-Violent Offenders
29.6.2019
Forced to spend the rest of his days in a cage, Ross Ulbricht has recounted his situation in a letter, which explains how he’s spent more than 2,096 days in a U.S. federal penitentiary for running a website. Also Read: Bitcoin ‘Inventor’ Craig Wright Claims He Can’t Access...
Plea Bargain Means Silk Road 2 Admin Will Likely See No Prison Time
1.6.2019
Following the sentencing of Thomas White, the founder of the Silk Road 2 (SR2) marketplace during the first week of April, another SR2 administrator may evade prosecution. According to reports, SR2 admin Blake Benthall cooperated with global law enforcement and may only face fines for avoiding...