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BitConnect’s Victims to Receive $17M in Restitution Seized From Scam’s Promoter

Arcaro is not the only BitConnect bigwig to face consequences for his role in the scheme: BitConnect’s founder, Satish Kumbhani, has been indicted on a host of felony charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit price manipulation, operating an unlicensed money transmitter and conspiracy to

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DOJ indicts BitConnect’s Indian founder for $2.4B crypto Ponzi scheme

The founder of the infamous crypto exchange BitConnect, Satish Kumbhani, has been charged for allegedly misleading investors globally and defrauding them of $2.4 billion in the process.According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), a San Diego-based federal grand jury specifically charged Kumbhani for orchestrating the alleged Ponzi scheme via BitConnect’s

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US Justice Dept is selling $56M in crypto to compensate victims of BitConnect’s fraud

The United States Department of Justice is planning to sell $56 million worth of cryptocurrency seized in connection with its case against Ponzi scheme BitConnect.In a Tuesday announcement, the Justice Department said it would sell the seized crypto and hold the proceeds in U.S. dollars until it could use the

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