
Ponzi Scheme
Miami-based BKCoin shut down over alleged $100M digital asset Ponzi scheme
The U.S. securities regulator has obtained an asset freeze, appointed a receiver, and acquired other emergency relief against BKCoin and...
‘Crypto’ bankers unnerved by TD Bank’s $1.2 billion Ponzi settlement
TD Bank Group stated that it had agreed to a “settlement in principle relating to litigation involving the Stanford Financial...
4 Forsage founders indicted in Oregon over $340M Ponzi scheme
The founders paraded Forsage as a DeFi investment platform that could give lucrative returns on deposits and claimed that the...
Celsius tosses scraps to victims, Alex Mashinsky thought himself infallible
Jenner & Block attorney Shoba Pillay, the bankruptcy court-appointed examiner of the collapsed Celsius crypto lending platform, released a 689-page...
Ireland central bank governor calls digital currencies ‘gambling,’ likens them to Ponzi schemes
Echoing BoE Governor Andrew Bailey, Irish central bank's Gabriel Makhlouf warns about the volatility of digital currencies and has called...
Bitconnect promoter ordered to pay $17M to 800 fraud victims
The DOJ's filings indicate that the project's founders diverted the funds and began operating a "textbook Ponzi scheme by paying...