A high-ranking representative of Russia’s notorious Finiko Ponzi scheme has been arrested in Tatarstan. Ilgiz Shakirov, a businessman from Kazan, rose to the rank of
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Eastern Europe Sends Over $800 Million in Crypto to Scams in Single Year, Report Reveals
Of all funds sent to illicit cryptocurrency addresses from Eastern Europe, scams attract the greatest amount, according to a new report. In the past year
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Bitconnect promoter pleads guilty over Ponzi scheme, as platform faces new SEC charges
Former BitConnect promoter Glenn Arcaro has pled guilty to his role in the saga, but the whereabouts of the firm’s founder Satish Kumbhani is unknown.
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Two Masterminds in Last Ditch Effort to Stall Liquidation of MTI
In a last-ditch attempt to stall the sale of Mirror Trading International (MTI) assets, two masterminds of the collapsed bitcoin Ponzi scheme have warned investors
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FBI joins Mirror Trading probe in Africa to help recover US investor funds
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is joining the investigation into one of the largest alleged crypto scams of 2020.
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Nigerian Pop Artist Shills Meme Coin and Price Briefly Doubles — Followers Question Artist’s Motives
The Nigerian pop artist and celebrity, Davido, recently posted several tweets endorsing ‘rapdoge,’ the so-called “first deflationary meme token fully supported by celebrities & rappers.”
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