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Onecoin Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges in US – Bitcoin News

Karl Sebastian Greenwood, a co-founder and operator of Onecoin, has pled guilty to his part in building the notorious crypto pyramid. The fake cryptocurrency’s “global master distributor” has been in custody since 2018 when he was arrested in Thailand and extradited to the United States. Cryptoqueen’s Partner at Onecoin Admits Role

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Charges laid over alleged ‘crypto mining’ Ponzis that netted $8.4M

United States prosecutors have laid charges in two separate cases against nine people who founded or promoted a pair of cryptocurrency companies alleged to be Ponzi schemes that netted $8.4 million from investors.On Dec. 14 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed the indictment, alleging

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US Securities Watchdog Charges Sam Bankman-Fried With Fraud Over FTX Collapse – Bitcoin News

According to a statement published on Dec. 13, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) with defrauding investors. SEC chairman Gary Gensler explained that the U.S. financial regulator alleges that SBF “built a house of cards on a foundation of

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SEC charges former FTX CEO SBF for defrauding investors a day after his arrest

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. The SEC has charged Bankman-Fried with violating the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The SEC’s complaint seeks injunctions against

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US Justice Dept Arrests Blockchain Company Official on Charges He Defrauded Firm of More Than $1M

According to the indictment, in 2018, Thapa agreed to receive and hold $1 million of his company’s money in his personal bank account while the firm explored other banking options. Thapa soon began using the funds on personal expenses such as nightclubs, travel and clothing, despite re-assuring the company that

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