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Rashawn Russell admits wrongdoing after falsely promising investors ‘assured profits’ for their crypto investments. Rashawn Russell, a former investment banking professional at Deutsche Bank, is preparing to enter a guilty plea on charges of cryptocurrency fraud, according to new court filings. Russell had initially entered a not-guilty plea in April after federal
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Karl Greenwood, co-founder of OneCoin with Ruja Ignatova, was sentenced in the United States to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay $300 million on Sept. 20. Ignatova remains at large.Greenwood, who is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Sweden, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the
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The United States regulators have finally taken steps to resolve an enforcement case against the collapsed Mirror Trading International (MTI).The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas has ordered MTI to pay $1.7 billion in restitution to victims for operating a fraudulent scheme involving digital assets and
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A judge ruled a California courtroom is the wrong venue since Egorov wasn’t living in the state when the alleged misdeeds took place. Source
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On August 16, New York Judge Jed Rakoff issued an edict forbidding financial institutions from selling assets in a number of Goldman Sachs bank accounts held in the name of the Koala LLC company and a residential property in Austin, TX, the filing said. Source
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The lawyers representing the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a new court document late on Aug. 29 arguing that Sam Bankman-Fried should provide additional disclosures to his planned defense. The document called the current proposed argument, which claims his lawyers approved of fraud allegations while he was still at
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In a major development, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged former New Jersey State Correctional Police Officer, John A.
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Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, the former CEO and co-founder of crypto exchange FTX, has pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering charges levied in an updated indictment by prosecutors, according to a report. The latest court proceedings against SBF were heard by Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn. The former FTX CEO was
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Financial scams are rising, with losses amounting to $8.8 billion in 2022 alone. According to the United States Federal Trade Commission, losses from financial fraud have increased by 30% from 2021 to 2023. This paints a dire portrait of the dark underbelly of digital advancement, with scammers now leveraging generative
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently charged four people for involvement in a fraudulent crypto and precious metals trading scheme. On Aug. 11, the CFTC filed a complaint against Rene Larralde, Juan Pablo Valcarce, Brian Early,
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