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Digital Currency Pyramid Scheme Operators Jailed in Spain

By Yessi Bello PerezOct 27, 2015

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Police Arrest 20 in Digital Currency Pyramid Scheme

Spanish police have arrested 20 individuals in connection with a pyramid scheme that used a fake digital currency called the unete.

By Stan HigginsJul 16, 2015

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