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ForkLog 4 18.05.2021

OneCoin founder ignored a $4 billion fraud lawsuit

Ruja Ignatova, founder of the OneCoin pyramid scheme, did not respond to the lawsuit related to the alleged $4 billion fraud.

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ForkLog 7 04.05.2021

OneCoin partner arrested in France

Luxembourgian citizen Frank Schneider, sought by U.S. authorities for fraud in the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid, has been detained in the French town of Audun-le-Tiche.

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ForkLog 8 19.04.2021

Bitsonar pyramid founder Alexander Tovstenko remanded in custody until June 19

On April 19, the Primorsky District Court of Odessa extended by two months the detention of Alexander Tovstenko, founder of the Bitsonar pyramid, who is accused of organizing the murder of a former colleague.

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ForkLog 4 15.04.2021

Tatarstan police to probe ‘cryptocurrency service’ for signs of a financial pyramid

Seven local residents filed a complaint with the Naberezhnye Chelny police alleging fraud by OXI Corporation. Law enforcement began a preliminary inquiry into possible signs of a financial pyramid, local media report.

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ForkLog 5 09.04.2021

US court orders Bitcoin-pyramid organizers to pay more than $32 million

A U.S. district court in Nevada issued a default judgment against Circle Society and its owner David Gilbert Safron on charges of cryptocurrency fraud and misappropriation.

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ForkLog 19 27.03.2021

Court fines Bitcoin-pyramid organiser Benjamin Reynolds $572 million

The court in the Southern District of New York ordered the organizer of the Bitcoin pyramid Control-Finance Benjamin Reynolds to pay $143 million in restitution to his clients and $429 million in penalties.

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ForkLog 5 25.02.2021

Otkritie Bank chairman compares Bitcoin to MMM

Bitcoin has no real consumer value, which makes it similar to the MMM pyramid scheme. This opinion was voiced in an interview with Russia 24 by Mikhail Zadornov, chairman of the board of Otkritie Bank.

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ForkLog 7 12.02.2021

Bitsonar pyramid founder charged with murder

The Odessa regional prosecutor's office has sent an indictment to court against the creator of the Bitsonar pyramid, Alexander Tovstenko, suspected of organizing the contract murder of a former colleague.

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ForkLog 10 10.02.2021

Bank of Russia: 16% of online pyramid schemes offer cryptocurrency investments

More than 45% of the pyramid schemes identified by the Bank of Russia in 2020 operated online. Some of them offered investments in cryptocurrencies, the Bank of Russia said.

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ForkLog 7 09.02.2021

Dozens of Russians became victims of a cryptocurrency pyramid on Instagram

During January, 28 residents of Tambov reported to the police a cryptocurrency scammer who lured them into a financial pyramid. The local police said.

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ForkLog 8 29.01.2021

CipherTrace puts 2020 losses from crypto scams and hacks at $1.9 billion

Losses from crypto-related crimes last year reached $1.9 billion, according to a new CipherTrace report.

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ForkLog 10 27.01.2021

American trader charged in $5m cryptocurrency fraud

U.S. federal prosecutors charged 24-year-old trader Jeremy Spence with running a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, Coin Signals. The scheme's victims numbered 170 investors, according to the DOJ filing.

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