Former Deutsche Bank Investment Banker Pleads Guilty to Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud
A former Deutsche Bank investment banker, Rashawn Russell, has pleaded guilty to investment fraud in connection with a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme. Russell, aged 27, was charged earlier this year for his involvement in a scheme where he operated a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment fu ...
Cryptocurrency Fraud Trial: Allegations of $82.2 Million Filecoin Pyramid Scheme
China's Pingnan District People's Court has begun public hearings in the trial of five people accused of setting up a fraudulent scheme to mine the cryptocurrency Filecoin. Prosecutors accused defendant Lai Mouhang and his accomplices of creating a 600 million yuan (about ...
Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Pyramid MetaGo Defrauds Over 600 Kazakhstanis
The Agency for Financial Monitoring of the Republic of Kazakhstan identified four residents of Zhezkazgan, Almaty and Astana, who organized a cryptocurrency pyramid MetaGo and deceived over 600 Kazakhstanis. As part of the fraudulent scheme MetaGo organizers attracted inv ...
Founder of Titanium Blockchain Crypto Scam Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence
A founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency project called Titanium Blockchain has been sentenced to 4 years in prison by a US court after his clients lost $21 million. Michael Stolleri launched the Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services (TBIS) project in 2017 and conducted an initial coin offe ...