Additionally, between October 2020 and May 2022, at least 43 p[ool participants transferred around $470,780 to Yas Castellum LLC to participate in its supposed commodity pool after misrepresented historical trading records or how their funds were going to handled and traded. Furthermore, Brisco and Yas Castellum LLC, assisted by Sims, transferred the funds to entities…
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Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, said: While advancements in the virtual asset ecosystem bring new opportunities to investors, criminals are also finding new ways to orchestrate illicit schemes. The FBI remains committed to working alongside our domestic and international law enforcement partners to investigate and pursue subjects who orchestrate these…
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The allegations against Sipina are related to Courtenay House's illegal activities, which took place between June 2015 and April 2017. The regulator called Courtenay House's operation, a Ponzi scheme. The court alleges that the group convinced at least 585 investors to invest more than $180 million based on false representations that their money would be…
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According to ASIC, the Courtney House companies convinced investors that their funds would be traded in Forex and Futures markets, however, only 3% of those funds were actually traded. Instead, the amounts paid to investors on monthly basis, came from the deposits of new investors. The Australian regulator stated: In addition to offering purported ‘standard’…
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However, Braga allegedly used the investor funds for his own benefit and to pay a network of worldwide Trade Coin Club promoters, including Paradise, Taylor, and Tetreault. The SEC stated that Trade Coin Club operated as a Ponzi scheme. It explained that investor withdrawals came only from deposits other investors made and not from any…
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The CFTC alleges that Kang and ForexnPower conducted fraudulent solicitation through misrepresentations in Korean language newspapers. More than $1.5 million from customers were convinced trade off-exchange forex and over $800,000 of customer funds were misappropriated. Kang solicited pool participants and retail forex customers at a ForexnPower seminar, claiming that the company’s trading signals program would…
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Furthermore, SEC alleges that cease-and-desist actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines in September 2020 and by the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance in March 2021 did not stop Forsage from operating and the defendants continued to promote the scheme while denying the claims in several YouTube videos. Carolyn Welshhans, Acting…
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The charges the regulator brought against the defendants were for soliciting the funds for investing in digital assets and other instruments. The defendants were also charged with operating an illegal commodity pool. The scheme According to the CFTC’s complained the defendants used a website, YouTube videos, and other means to solicit the money. However, the…
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The CFTC further alleges that Bryant made numerous false statements to potential and current pool participants about his trading experience, his success rate, and being registered with the National Futures Association. Bryant omitted to disclose that he was a convicted criminal with a history of financial problems, including three bankruptcies. The regulator explained that instead…
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An ACCC spokesperson stated: The ‘Hope Business’ app is a scam. Victims were encouraged to transfer funds in a Ponzi scheme. They were initially able to withdraw funds which encouraged them to recommend the application to family and friends, but they were subsequently unable to access their money. The same spokesperson then stressed that anyone…
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