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Serbian Man Indicted for Embezzling $7M Through Fraudulent Crypto Schemes
According to the indictment, Kristijan Krstic founded two digital-asset investment platforms that fraudulently induced investors to buy securities in the form of investment contracts.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 12:16 p.m. Published Feb 24, 2021, 10:29 p.m.
A Serbian man has been charged in an indictment filed Tuesday with embezzling $7 million from U.S. investors through two fraudulent cryptocurrency platforms.
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- According to the indictment from the U.S. Justice Department, Kristijan Krstic, 45, was the founder of "Start Options" and "B2G," two digital-asset investment platforms, which fraudulently induced U.S. investors to purchase securities in the form of investment contracts.
- Start Options purported to provide cryptocurrency mining and trading services, while B2G claimed to be an "ecosystem" for the exchange of B2G tokens, cryptocurrency and fiat money.
- The money invested by users was laundered through a Philippines-based account and digital currency wallet.
- Then $7 million was transferred to Krstic via a promoter in the U.S. at which point he stopped responding to communications, tweeting that "the time has come to find new challenges and opportunities."
- Krstic had previously communicated with investors using the alias "Felix Logan" and the Twitter handle "@felixlogan_cfo".
To all my family and friends, the time has come for me to find new challenges and opportunities, therefore I would like to inform everyone that I am no longer part of Startoptions. Thank you for all the amazing experiences and great times to all my fellow colleagues! #goodluck
— Felix Logan (@felixlogan_cfo) April 27, 2018
See also: Serbian Man Extradited to US After Being Indicted in $70M Crypto Fraud
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