Ponzi


Policy

Former CPA Pleads Guilty to Helping BitClub Architect Launder Funds in Alleged $722M Ponzi Scheme

The 57-year-old Nevada man pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of aiding in the preparation of a false tax return.

Statue of Themis holding the balance scales. (Oleksandr Berezko/EyeEm via Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC Brings Charges Against 4 Alleged Operators of $44M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

Tuesday’s charges are just the latest in the regulator's efforts to regulate the crypto industry.

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Policy

BitConnect Founder Indicted in $2.4B Ponzi Scheme Has Disappeared

Attorneys said efforts to locate Satish Kumbhani could remain unfruitful.

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Opinion

Is Crypto a Ponzi? Define 'Ponzi'

It is better for all if we can speak honestly about this industry.

Ponzi scheme inventor Charles Ponzi mugshot in 1920. (Photo courtesy Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images)

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Markets

Self-Help Firm That Mostly Took Bitcoin as Payment Mostly Just Helped Itself, SEC Charges

Ninety-two percent of Mindset 24 investors allegedly lost some of their funds. They'd paid in over a million dollars, mostly in bitcoin.

SEC

Markets

Crypto Ponzi Scheme Says It Has 'No Cash to Pay out' to Upset Investors

Hundreds of locals who used to eagerly gather outside the Bitcoin Wallet office in Ladysmith, South Africa are now mobbing the office to demand their money back.

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Markets

SEC Sues Alleged $26 Million 'Crypto' Ponzi Scheme Operator

The SEC has accused Daniel Pacheco of running a $26 million Ponzi scheme disguised as a cryptocurrency.

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Markets

Judge Orders Trading Firm, CEO to Pay $2.5 Million in Bitcoin Ponzi Case

The CFTC has won a legal battle against a New York resident and his company for running a Ponzi scheme centered around bitcoin.

Justice

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Markets

Vietnam Investigates ICO Fraud After $660 Million in Losses Reported

A team that conducted two token sales involving thousands of investors has gone dark.

Vietnam

Markets

Ponzis and Death: The Stranger Ways to Lose Crypto

Scams, death, network takeover attacks. There's no shortage of strange ways users can lose money in the cryptocurrency wild west.

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