
Ponzi Scheme
SEC charges BitConnect founder with $2B scam as promoter pleads guilty
The securities regulator has levied a new action against BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani and the lead U.S. promoter after they...
$100M BTC Ponzi scheme Finiko founder arrested in Russia
Moscow police arrested Kirill Doronin on charges of allegedly defrauding $100 million from his investors, although some reports purport the...
SEC charges ‘BTCTre’ Trevon James and others who promoted BitConnect
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it will commence action against a group of well-known online "influencers" associated with...
OneCoin update: Ruja Ignatova and associate default on $4B fraud suit
OneCoin’s fugitive founder Ruja Ignatova and financier Gilbert Armenta were found by a judge to be in default of the...
Argyle Coin founder escapes $4.5M penalty in digital currency fraud
Jose Angel Aman was sentenced in December 2020 to seven years in jail, in addition to paying $23 million in...
US court orders UK man behind Control-Finance scam to pay $572M
Benjamin Reynolds, the founder of Control-Finance, is accused of misleading investors to believe he would invest their BTC, which authorities...