11-15-2024 
Ponzi scheme
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30 March, 2021
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...
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10 February, 2021
South African watchdog warns against growing digital currency scams
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority said it’s receiving a large number of complaints from South African investors who have lost...
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8 January, 2021
Chile: Court orders banks to open accounts for digital currency exchange
The Free Competition Defense Court has ordered Banco Itaú and BancoEstado to open account services for local digital currency exchange...
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21 December, 2020
Class-action lawyer against $1B Arbistar scam calls for forceful legal action
A lawyer representing plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against an alleged billion-dollar digital currency scam is calling for forceful action...
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15 December, 2020
Argyle Coin founder involved in $25M scam gets 7 years in jail
Jose Angel Aman defrauded investors in Canada and the United States from 2014 to 2019, soliciting them to invest in...
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5 December, 2020
PlusToken scam: Top operators jailed for up to 11 years
A Chinese court also fined the PlusToken operators up to $900,000 for their roles in the $2.25 billion Ponzi scheme.
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2 December, 2020
AirBit Club: US extradites one of block reward mining scam founders
Gutenberg Dos Santos will now stand trial in a New York court together with four others who were arrested in...
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20 November, 2020
Australian regulator indicts BitConnect promoter John Bigatton
John Bigatton is accused of operating an unregistered managed investment scheme and providing financial advice without a license to do...
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16 November, 2020
OneCoin trial sentencing deferred 6 months for ‘cooperation’
Konstantin Ignatova had been due for sentencing on July 8, which at the time was extended for a period of...
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9 November, 2020
CFTC wins $900K lawsuit against digital currency Ponzi scheme
Breonna Clark, who also went by Alexander Pak to her clients, will have to pay $450,302 in restitution to the...
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5 November, 2020
$6M My Big Coin Pay scam denied motion for leave to appeal 2018 ruling
The CFTC described My Big Coin Pay as a Ponzi scheme which had used false statements to drive up the...
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4 November, 2020
OneCoin lawyer Mark Scott disbarred in New York
Mark Scott’s disbarment follows his conviction of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in November 2019.
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