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11 March, 2023

AirBit Club execs plead guilty to fraud charges, face 20 years in prison

Victims saw the red flag in the operation of AirBit Club after all attempts to withdraw their funds failed, cementing...

Miami-based BKCoin shut down over alleged $100M digital asset Ponzi scheme

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Steve Kaaru

7 March, 2023

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

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Steven Stradbrooke

1 March, 2023

‘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

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Wahid Pessarlay

25 February, 2023

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

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Steven Stradbrooke

2 February, 2023

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

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Gavin Lucas

30 January, 2023

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...

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Wahid Pessarlay

30 May 2025

Ponzi Scheme

AirBit Club execs plead guilty to fraud charges, face 20 years in prison

Miami-based BKCoin shut down over alleged $100M digital asset Ponzi scheme

‘Crypto’ bankers unnerved by TD Bank’s $1.2 billion Ponzi settlement

4 Forsage founders indicted in Oregon over $340M Ponzi scheme

Celsius tosses scraps to victims, Alex Mashinsky thought himself infallible

Ireland central bank governor calls digital currencies ‘gambling,’ likens them to Ponzi schemes

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