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Aiden Pleterski was allegedly behind a crypto Ponzi scheme between 2021 and 2022 that resulted in a kidnapping and related criminal charges.

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Christopher Delgado, the former Goliath Ventures CEO charged with fraud and money laundering, has publicly apologized to investors of what US prosecutors alleg…

BG Wealth Sharing, according to authorities, claimed to provide guidance on crypto trading, advertised heavily on social media and offered "daily profit opport…

Federal prosecutors have charged Edwin Brant Frost IV with wire fraud for allegedly running a $156 million Ponzi scheme

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says his office has persuaded a securities firm to return $6.7 million to investors

Johnson said that he could understand why gold and Pokémon cards have investment appeal but not Bitcoin, which he characterized as a scam.

Investors allege JPMorgan helped facilitate fund flows in a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme, while a parallel federal case targets Goliath Ventures' founder.

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A financial adviser in Georgia, Todd Burkhalter, has pleaded guilty in a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 2,000 people out of $380 million, federal authoriti…

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The agency also accused Mehr and Lopez of taking $16.1 million for personal use.

The buyers of distressed brick-and-mortar companies like RadioShack and Modell's Sporting Goods, are accused of running a Ponzi scheme.

. A US judge ruled EminiFX and its founder, Eddy Alexandre, must repay $228 million after running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors..

Ryan Wear is accused of raising money from investors by selling them water vending machines that, in many cases, did not exist, the DOJ said.

. Vietnam's police say they have arrested 20 people in what they say is the country's largest crypto scam, a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme built around Payn…

. HashFlare co-founders Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin were given time served for copping to their roles in a $577 million scheme, with prosecutors saying…

. Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr has pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy to obstruct justice, which together carry a maximum of 15 years in prison..

Kentucky investors sue three banks after Brian McClain's $100 million cattle Ponzi scheme was uncovered following his suicide, with only 10,000 of claimed 88,0…

Many of Brian McClain's alleged victims were people from his own community -- friends, neighbors who say they were blindsided by someone they trusted.

A South Florida trucking executive is going to prison for a $100 million Ponzi scheme.. The post South Florida trucking company owner gets long prison term for…

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. Indian authorities have seized nearly $190 million worth of crypto tied to the notorious BitConnect Ponzi scheme, which collapsed in 2018..

. Brent Kovar allegedly attracted investors to the Ponzi scheme through a YouTube video and PowerPoint presentation, promising annual returns of 15% to 30%..

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