2020-7-5 13:12 |
Crypto itself has only been around for a decade, and the space has already gained its top Ponzi scheme actors. Here are three of them. origin »
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Investors in Goliath Ventures have filed a proposed class action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing JPMorgan Chase of enabling an alleged $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme.
2026-3-13 23:44 | |
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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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More skulduggery in the cryptocurrency space as two Arizona men who fronted a million-dollar Crypto Ponzi scheme are arrested on money laundering charges. Crypto Ponzi Scheme Targeted Major Baseball League Players Another day, another deliciously wicked scam in the cryptocurrency space.
2020-2-7 16:00 | |
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Crypto holders are always excited by the idea of receiving a passive income. While Ponzi schemes dominate in this room, the DeFi era provides a fair alternative.
2020-1-2 19:00 | |
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Chinese law enforcement recently busted 72 individuals connected to the Cloud Token (CTO) scam. The Ponzi was similar to the Plustoken fraud and CTO scammers made off with $500 million. According to regional press, the CTO scam artists are likely connected to the Plustoken swindlers.
2019-12-29 03:20 | |
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A woman based in the United States island-state of Hawaii has lost nearly half of her entire life savings, in a crypto mining-related Ponzi scheme. And while the woman is clearly the victim, she’s been hit with a temporary restraining order for voicing her concerns and attempting to retrieve the money that was stolen from.
2019-12-21 22:00 | |
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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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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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New Jersey authorities announce the arrest of three founders of alleged $722 million crypto Ponzie Scheme
2019-12-11 02:59 | |
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U.S. authorities have arrested three members of BitClub Network, alleging the mining pool is a long-running Ponzi scheme.
2019-12-11 23:27 | |
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Ugandan police have reportedly seized Samson Lwanga, a director of Dunamiscoins crypto scam which managed to get $2.7 million from the victims
2019-12-11 16:23 | |
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An Australian citizen who ran an international crypto Ponzi scheme will face justice after police in India finally arrested him - but not before he defrauded victims out of $28 million. 'Hybrid crypto' with low risks and high returns India's Special Task Force (STF) arrested Sydney resident Harpreet Singh Sahni in a hotel near the […] The post $28 Million Crypto Ponzi Lands Morally Bankrupt Scammer in Jail appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-8-8 17:59 | |
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Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright issued another ominous warning to crypto scammers: Your con game is over, and your bitcoin can be seized. In a foreboding August 2 blog post, Wright says the grifters in the crypto space are gasping their last breaths because their house of cards will soon crumble.
2019-8-4 23:30 | |
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Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright issued another ominous warning to crypto scammers: Your con game is over, and your bitcoin can be seized. In a foreboding August 2 blog post, Wright says the grifters in the crypto space are gasping their last breaths because their house of cards will soon crumble.
2019-8-3 23:30 | |
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Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright torched crypto evangelists Roger Ver, Vitalik Buterin, and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao as con artists who are projecting their own criminality onto him.
2019-7-30 20:33 | |
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A group of Venezuelan citizens has dragged the owners of Eagle Financial Diamond Group Inc. and Argyle Coin have been dragged to court for defrauding them through their diamond-backed crypto Ponzi scheme.
2019-7-17 17:00 | |
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Acclaimed investor Peter Schiff has famously labeled bitcoin as "fool’s gold" and a "Ponzi scheme. " But the gold bug is willing to make a 180-degree turn if presented with a persuasive and convincing argument on the cryptocurrency.
2019-7-11 21:30 | |
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There is one reason not to invest in Ponzi schemes: you will be scammed. Sure, you can believe that you will have a degree of success in case you go in and get out pretty quickly, but the truth is that you will generally only lose money. This is exactly what happened to the investors […]
2019-7-9 00:09 | |
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Victims of the Wave Field Community Ponzi scheme, which operated on the Tron network, have accused Justin Sun and Tron of being complicit in the crypto scam by remaining silent while the operation played out.
2019-7-9 23:59 | |
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Hundreds of locals who used to eagerly gather outside the Bitcoin Wallet office in Ladysmith, South Africa are now mobbing the office to demand their money back.
2019-7-9 20:30 | |
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The price of Tron (TRX) fell as much as 9 percent on Monday after protesters furious at Justin Sun for allegedly remaining silent about a $30 million Ponzi scheme stormed the project’s Beijing offices.
2019-7-9 20:20 | |
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Ponzi schemes in the crypto ecosystem can be traced back to every single bull run that attracted a new wave of naive investors. Although such scams maintain its stronghold within the budding markets, Tron made headlines after being linked to a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme with Chinese investors.
2019-7-8 18:02 | |
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Indian authorities have arrested four people associated with KBC, a crypto allegedly at the center of a scam investment scheme
2019-7-6 23:09 | |
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The optimism of the crypto community amid Bitcoin’s bull run that recently breached $13,000 mark, was short-lived, owing to the uncovering of a new Ponzi scheme in South Africa that duped investors of $135,000 on a daily basis.
2019-7-5 04:00 | |
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Bitcoin has already crossed paths with religion, and this is not good news. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD by its Spanish acronym or UCKG in english) has been linked with AirBit. .
2019-6-24 23:53 | |
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The U. S department of Justice is looking to extradite Swedish citizen for money laundering, wire fraud and securities fraud through a crypto scam amounting to $11 million USD. The blockchain world has long been troubled by the scams, thefts and hacks prevalent on the users’ private keys.
2019-6-20 17:25 | |
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By CCN: Konstantin Ignatov, the CEO of the multi-billion-dollar “crypto” Ponzi scheme OneCoin, has pleaded not guilty to wire fraud. According to court documents, Ignatov entered the plea during a May 28 preliminary hearing via conference call.
2019-6-8 01:20 | |
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Crypto News – 24 May – Binance CEO CZ accused of causing ‘pump and dump’ by analyst, SEC busts Ponzi scheme utilizing diamond-backed cryptocurrency and more Don’t forget to follow us for our daily videos#binance #SEC #CryptocurrencyNews @cz_binance pic.
2019-5-24 19:00 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Daniel Pacheco, claiming he sold unregistered securities and raised $26 million with a crypto-related Ponzi scheme he ran through his companies IPro Solutions LLC and IPro Network LLC.
2019-5-24 00:08 | |
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The SEC has accused Daniel Pacheco of running a $26 million Ponzi scheme disguised as a cryptocurrency.
2019-5-24 19:50 | |
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Brazil has taken drastic action against a fraudulent cryptocurrency pyramid scheme by shutting down its operation in the country. The pyramid scheme which is worth 850 million reals equivalent to $210 million promises a return of 15% after the first month of investment in the scheme.
2019-5-22 21:25 | |
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By CCN: The U. S. SEC has secured a court order to stop an alleged diamond-backed Ponzi scheme estimated to be worth around $30 million. The securities regulator outlined how more than 300 investors were fleeced into handing over funds to Florida-based Argyle Coin LLC.
2019-5-22 22:30 | |
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The U.S. SEC has brought legal action to operators of several scam companies targeting crypto investors
2019-5-21 17:49 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken action over what it alleges is a $30 million crypto scam based on supposed diamond investment.
2019-5-21 17:25 | |
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OneCoin, the cryptocurrency issuer that allegedly ran a $4 billion pyramid scheme, is denying all claims that they are… The post OneCoin Crypto Marketing Company Insist It’s Not a Ponzi Scheme appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-5-21 23:52 | |
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Just days ago, we cast our minds back to the altcoin season of 2017, musing that Bitconnect is one of the projects now long dead after flying high only two years previously. Perhaps we spoke too soon… because news emerged over the weekend that crypto’s legendary Ponzi scheme is set to stage a return.
2019-5-21 19:59 | |
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By CCN: In 2016 a cryptocurrency project named BitConnect came along offering 1% daily compounded interest for those who purchased and staked its token. When the BitConnect (BCC) bubble inevitably burst, the owners, as expected, made off everyone’s money.
2019-5-20 13:11 | |
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OneCoin cryptocurrency investment project has responded to widespread allegations going on in and around the cryptocurrency world that the project is nothing but a pyramid scheme. The firm laid the issue to rest once and for all saying that it does not fit the narrow definition of a bitcoin ponzi scheme. According to a report […]
2019-5-18 01:23 | |
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Vexa Global, a crypto ATM company and exchange has been considered a Ponzi scheme by one of the most recognized sites investigating MLM schemes. According to Behind MLM, this company doesn’t provide any information about itself and how they run the business.
2019-5-11 20:49 | |
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During a recent interview with Max Keiser, Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff likened Bitcoin to “fool’s gold”. Not only that, he even disparaged the crypto sector as a whole by comparing the industry to a giant ‘Ponzi scheme’.
2019-5-11 17:52 | |
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The Reserve Bank of India is due to finally conclude a case that will finally determine how cryptocurrency will be used within the country. However, Anurag Agarwal of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs could have a major influence – will he use that power towards the good of the crypto industry? Anurag Agarwal states that […]
2019-5-5 00:36 | |
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The Ponzi scheme and fraudulent company OneCoin continues generating controversies. This time, a church in New Zealand that was accused of participating in the scam, denies these accusations. In a recent article released by the church on Facebook, they explained that they have never participated in illegal activities. New Zealand Church Denies Accusations As reported […]
2019-5-3 18:05 | |
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A New Zealand church accused of colluding with a crypto Ponzi scheme to defraud the congregation has denied participating in illegal activity
2019-5-3 23:56 | |
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A report by RNZ published April 26, 2019, states that a Samoan church has been implicated in a global multi-billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Crypto Scam Knocks the Doors of Churches The tentacles of crypto-based crimes now seem to have gripped religious institutions as highlighted by a recent development in the Oceania.
2019-4-28 01:00 | |
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A bitcoin Ponzi scheme was brought down thanks to the diligence of Korean civil servants who developed software capable of recognizing advertisement patterns used in pyramid scams.
2019-4-10 19:59 | |
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Police have reportedly used AI to spot a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme in South Korea that cheated investors out of $18.5 million.
2019-4-8 14:20 | |
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The two CEOs of an alleged South Korean crypto Ponzi scheme worth $18.3 million have been caught by police using AI
2019-4-8 10:51 | |
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The Supreme Court of India has granted interim bail to two brothers who are among the chief suspects accused of running a Bitcoin (BTC)-related Ponzi scheme
2019-4-4 20:04 | |
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Raoul Pal claims banks will use Ethereum, sparking debate as experts question blockchain adoption in global financial systems.
Ethereum recorded a booming 1 quarter this year, processing 200 million transactions, a record streak unmatched by any other quarter in its history.
Ethereum has dropped to the $2,300 region after briefly reclaiming $2,400 on Thursday. The top altcoin has been facing pressure near $2,380, which aligns with a key technical resistance, closing the daily candle below this psychological level.
Ethereum (ETH) has been the second-best performer among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap this week, behind Hyperliquid (HYPE). The coin is up nearly 8% since the start of the week and is currently trading above $2,350.
The ETH/BTC ratio climbed to 0. 0313 on Wednesday, its strongest reading since January, as record Ethereum network activity and a $180 billion stablecoin milestone signal a potential shift in market momentum.
Trader named 58bro.eth starts shorting Ethereum ($BTC) and Ethereum($ETH) after a $34M profit and 91% win rate, signaling a potential bearish market shift.
The cryptocurrency market has resumed its bullish move following the selloff on Sunday. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap, is approaching the $75,000 level after adding nearly 5% to its value in the last 24 hours.