Promoter of Crypto Fraud Scheme Forced to Part with $17 Million
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A federal judge in the region of San Diego, California has ordered the leader of a crypto fraud scheme to pay as much as $17 million in restitution fees to more than 800 traders and investors that allegedly fell victim to his methods. Fraud Promoter Will Also Spend Time in Prison The scam was known as Bit Connect, and it will likely go down as one of the biggest crypto-based Ponzi schemes in history. Many investors who put their money into the platform were ultimately “paid back” with the funds of new investors to make it seem like they were
The US Department of Justice announced that Ramil Ventura Palafox, the CEO of Praetorian Group International (PGI), was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors stated that Palafox operated a $200 million Bitcoin-based Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 90,000 investors across the world. Bitcoin Fraud Case According to court…
Eddy Alexandre – a man in New York – entered a guilty plea in mid-February this year after conducting a crypto fraud scheme that stole nearly $250 million from assorted investors. Eddy Alexandre Pleads Guilty Damian Williams – the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York – issued…