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Six individuals associated with the multi-billion dollar PlusToken Ponzi scheme have been prosecuted by Chinese police.
2020-9-10 07:04 | |
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Following the arrest of 109 accused members of the $6 billion Ponzi scheme called Plustoken, six alleged members of the team were prosecuted according to a court filing submitted on Monday. The prosecutors say the individuals are “suspected in organizing and leading criminal pyramid schemes.
2020-9-10 03:00 | |
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In 2019, one of the biggest narratives in the crypto market was the PlusToken pyramid scheme. The post Trader fears $200m in Ethereum collected by a new crypto Ponzi could cause a “disaster” appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-9-9 14:00 | |
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Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested 109 people in connection with the Plustoken Ponzi scheme. Twenty-seven of them are allegedly the scheme’s masterminds and 82 are key members. The Plustoken scammers have swindled funds worth about $5.
2020-8-1 18:35 | |
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If you’ve been involved in the Bitcoin market over the past year, you know of PlusToken. PlusToken was a Ponzi scheme with a focus on the Asian cryptocurrency space that was active in 2019. In offering depositors of Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS and other cryptocurrencies high levels of interest, the operators of the scam managed to […]
2020-7-31 13:00 | |
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The PlusToken Ponzi Scheme has long been a thorn in the side of the crypto market It now appears that the ring leaders behind the now-defunct scheme have all been arrested, meaning that they won’t be able to offload their massive crypto holdings Many analysts have pinned major selloffs in previous months on token sales coming from this source Now that this isn’t a factor, the crypto markets may be able to rally with greater […]
2020-7-31 02:00 | |
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Chinese police have finally arrested all 27 primary suspects involved in the Plus Token Ponzi scheme. The investigation led by the Ministry of Public Security successfully arrested all the major suspects and 82 key members of the case, reported Chinese financial news outlet CLS.
2020-7-30 16:52 | |
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Chinese authorities have reportedly nabbed 109 persons allegedly involved in the PlusToken crypto scam. According to Chinese news agency CLS, the arrests covered 27 suspected masterminds and another 82 alleged key members of the elaborate crypto Ponzi scheme.
2020-7-30 15:31 | |
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PlusToken’s core members have been arrested in China, and the scheme has been completely demobilized, says a report from Cailian News. The report claims over 100 people were arrested by...
2020-7-30 14:09 | |
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Market participants are becoming overwhelmingly concerned about a 22,000 BTC transaction that was made by the perpetrators of the PlusToken Ponzi scheme. The last time the individuals behind this scam moved such a significant number of tokens were back in mid-February.
2020-6-26 18:02 | |
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Ethereum funds to the tune of $185 million, tied to the now-infamous PlusToken scam, moved on June 24, sending the cryptocurrency market in a tizzy and moving ETH prices down by almost 5 percent at the time of writing.
2020-6-26 17:07 | |
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In the latter months of 2019, one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists/scams was revealed, whereby approximately $3 billion in investors’ Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and EOS (EOS) was lost in a Ponzi-like scheme.
2020-6-23 20:53 | |
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According to data from the EOS blockchain, a wallet that held over 26 million EOS tokens (worth $67 million) has moved the coins to an unknown wallet. In July 2019, this project was accused of being a Pyramid scheme that stole over $3 billion from its users.
2020-6-23 01:59 | |
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Over the past few months, there have been ample concerns regarding the PlusToken Ponzi scheme. It now seems that the people behind this project are cashing out their EOS tokens. For a while now, PlusToken has been making headlines.
2020-6-23 01:00 | |
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Some may have thought that the times of huge crypto Ponzis like PlusToken, OneCoin or Quadriga were over. But a new giant has arisen
2020-5-25 17:31 | |
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In 2019 the world was captivated by news of a Chinese-based crypto Ponzi scheme called PlusToken. The ringleaders of this scheme defrauded unsuspecting investors out of billions of dollars’ worth of crypto.
2020-5-17 21:30 | |
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2019 was another banner year for crypto fraud that will continue to adversely impact prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum going forward as Ponzi scheme PlusToken unwinds. Although some of its perpetrators have already been jailed in China, active wallets suggest that the entire crime ring hasn’t been arrested.
2020-2-27 06:41 | |
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PlusToken was a Chinese cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that posed as a cryptocurrency wallet. PlusToken pulled an exit scam in 2019, taking a whopping $2. 9 billion in crypto funds, with 180,000 BTC, 6.
2020-2-12 18:48 | |
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Plustoken’s stash of bitcoin is on the move again. The haul of ill-gotten gains, amassed during a long-running Ponzi scheme that accrued 187,000 BTC, has been sporadically liquidated, impacting the market price of bitcoin in the process.
2020-2-12 15:13 | |
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Plustoken’s stash of bitcoin is on the move again. The haul of ill-gotten gains, amassed during a long-running Ponzi scheme that accrued 187,000 BTC, has been sporadically liquidated, impacting the market price of bitcoin in the process.
2020-2-11 15:13 | |
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The Bitcoin locked in the PlusToken wallet are on the move again, noted for another “whale” transfer. The Ponzi scheme famous in China, reportedly held up to 187,000 BTC. PlusToken Scheme Consolidates Transactions A whale transaction was recognized as most probably belonging to the PlusToken scheme, signaling that there were still active members of the project.
2020-2-11 14:00 | |
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Chinese authorities suspected of large-scale sale of bitcoins. The can stand behind a massive sell-out of bitcoins previously owned by the PlusToken Ponzi scheme.
2019-12-23 11:15 | |
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The biggest $3 billion Chinese-Ponzi scheme PlusToken might be the reason behind the 50% drop in Bitcoin price from its 2019 high of $13,900. But now, the Ponzi could put selling pressure on Ethereum as well.
2019-12-19 16:48 | |
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A huge number of ether (ETH) tokens have just moved from a wallet associated with the PlusToken Ponzi scheme. More than $105,099,000 worth of the native crypto asset of the Ethereum network moved between the wallet and an unknown one earlier today.
2019-12-19 14:18 | |
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Whale Alert detects 789,525 ETH transferred by the South Korea-based PlusToken scam, the community fears that an ETH price dump could be coming
2019-12-19 13:04 | |
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A recent “whale” transaction of 789,525 Ethereum (ETH) was claimed to belong to the wallets of the PlusToken scam. The exact holdings of ETH for the scheme are unknown, but this tranche alone is worth $105 million.
2019-12-19 10:30 | |
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On Monday, the blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis published an excerpt from the firm’s upcoming crime report that will publish in January. According to the Chainalysis research, the Ponzi scheme called Plustoken not only defrauded investors out of $3 billion but the scam “may also be driving down the price of bitcoin.
2019-12-17 16:00 | |
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According to the Chainalysis study, the current downward movement of bitcoin is caused by a massive sale of BTC by the organizers of the Chinese Ponzy scheme.
2019-12-18 12:24 | |
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Blockchain compliance firm Chainalysis has issued a new report suggesting that PlusToken, the multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme widely suspected to have been driving down the price of Bitcoin with mass liquidations, could have misappropriated less crypto than previously alleged.
2019-12-17 12:00 | |
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As bitcoin and ether prices fell below technically significant levels, some traders are citing fear emanating from a report about the alleged PlusToken Ponzi scheme as the reason for the plunge
2019-12-17 01:47 | |
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The Chinese PlusToken scam may have influenced Bitcoin’s price, Chainalysis hypothesizes in a blog post. Though it’s unlikely to be the main factor, movements of stolen funds correlate very well with market downturns.
2019-12-17 23:17 | |
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PlusToken could be the real reason why the BTC continues to bleed
2019-12-4 09:00 | |
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The bitcoin price rally in the summer of 2019 may have been the work of PlusToken investors. The scam, highly influential in China, but largely invisible to Western traders and social media, benefited greatly from the hype and growing BTC prices.
2019-11-27 15:24 | |
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Going by the market price today, 10 million ETH is equal to about $2 billion USD. this is the much that PlusToken Ponzi scheme is alleged to have stolen from more than 800,000 people in ETH alone. The theft of the funds has remained a mystery even when it came to the public limelight, it […]
2019-8-25 23:07 | |
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According to new research, the recently alleged crypto asset Ponzi scheme PlusToken may be the largest in history. The study, conducted by Elementus, shows that around $2 billion worth of Ether (ETH) tokens were involved in the scheme.
2019-8-24 01:00 | |
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Bitcoin price rises by 4. 75%, but trader still skeptical Also, the Ponzi scheme PlusToken fund becomes active yet again After tumbling down to $9,475 level this week, Bitcoin is yet again on the move and above $10,000.
2019-8-17 23:44 | |
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Dovey Wan of Primitive Ventures has recently drawn attention to a $3 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by fraudulent crypto investment outfit PlusToken.
2019-8-16 19:34 | |
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According to Primitive founder, Dovey Wan, the latest Bitcoin sell-off is down to a major Chinese ponzi scheme. Little known outside of China, PlusToken scammed over 200k BTC and 800k ETH, which are now hitting exchanges in batches.
2019-8-15 13:00 | |
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