Tag: Scheme

Former Deutsche Banker Pleads Guilty to $1.5M Crypto Scheme

Rashawn Russell, a former Deutsche Bank investment banker, has pleaded guilty to a fraudulent crypto scheme that bilked investors out of $1.5 million. The...

How a Bollywood Actor Became Part a Crypto Ponzi Scheme Probe

The latest celebrity influencer to come under scrutiny for promoting an alleged crypto ponzi scheme is the popular Bollywood actor Govinda. The actor is...

Why Friend Tech Looks Like a Pyramid Scheme

The recent emergence of friend.tech has raised eyebrows and aspirations. Promoted as a SocialFi platform where users can monetize their social capital, friend.tech...

China’s Top Filecoin Project Sued Over $100M Pyramid Scheme

China’s People’s Court of Pingnan County recently conducted a public hearing to adjudicate a high-profile pyramid scheme related to one of the leading...

Indian Authorities Uncover $120M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

Local authorities in the Indian state of Odisha took down a $120 million crypto Ponzi scheme on Tuesday. Local media revealed that the...

Unbacked Crypto Is a Ponzi Scheme

The governor of Ireland’s central bank, Gabriel Makhlouf, has referred to aspects of crypto as a “Ponzi scheme.” Regulators worldwide are cracking down...

$40 Million Crypto Pyramid Scheme Busted in Ukraine

Ukrainian law enforcement has exposed a crypto pyramid scheme based out of Russia that is suspected of raking in millions in US dollars. The...

SEC Continues Targeting Social Media Influencers in Latest $100 Million Securities Fraud Scheme

Social media influencers under the scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a $100 million securities fraud scheme. The SEC is tightening...

Two Estonians Arrested for Running $500 Million Ponzi Scheme

Two Estonian Ponzi scheme fraudsters were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, on Nov. 21, 2022, for duping investors out of $575 million. Sergei Potapenko and...

Nayib Bukele Defends Bitcoin and Calls FTX a “Ponzi Scheme.”

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele compares the FTX exchange to a Ponzi scheme and hails Bitcoin’s scarcity and deflationary properties. Bukele lumped the Bernie Madoff case, Enron, WorldCom,...