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Ponzi Scheme

10 April, 2023

State regulators sound alarm on investment platform using AI to mislead US investors

Yieldbot promises mouth-watering profits for investors, but U.S. authorities warned that the dApp works in similar fashion as a Ponzi...

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

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Wahid Pessarlay

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...

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25 Jun 2025

Ponzi Scheme

State regulators sound alarm on investment platform using AI to mislead US investors

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

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