DOJ Drops Charges in $722M BitClub Network Ponzi Case
The BitClub takedown once read as one of the DOJ's loudest crypto-fraud wins; if the ringleader's counts are dropped after eight years, the message that sends to pending crypto-fraud dockets is…
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The BitClub takedown once read as one of the DOJ's loudest crypto-fraud wins; if the ringleader's counts are dropped after eight years, the message that sends to pending crypto-fraud dockets is…
Delgado admitted in Tampa federal court that Goliath Ventures took investor cash meant for crypto trading and routed it to luxury homes, holiday parties, and supercars.
A 30-year sentence lands on top of a $900M forfeiture, a New Jersey mansion, and a fleet of luxury cars; the case becomes the latest US data point that crypto-native fraud draws full racketeering…
The 30-year term closes a US fraud case that ran parallel to his asylum-driven exile from Beijing, with prosecutors tying the crypto scheme to broader financial misconduct.
The sentence closes a multi-year US case over GTV, Himalaya Exchange and the farm alliance, but leaves open how much investors will ever recover from the alleged $1B raise.
Final judgment lands on a WhatsApp-group impersonation scheme that ran from September 2023 through June 2024; the dollar figure is modest but the case closes a Biden-era enforcement file.
FBI and HSI backed the operation, and onchain sleuth ZachXBT has named detained suspect Wojtek Kulisz as 'Merry', the threat actor behind years of social engineering thefts from crypto holders.
The $1.8B scheme ran 2020-2022 on fake 0.5%-1% daily mining returns — and lands one week after the FBI reported record $11.4B in crypto fraud losses for 2025.
India's Directorate of Enforcement (ED) filed a prosecution complaint against Chirag Tomar and seven other individuals…
Argentine authorities arrested 24 individuals and seized more than $8 million in cryptocurrency as part of a…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against the founder of Privvy, alleging a $12.3 million…
Only about 3% of investor money ever touched crypto, roughly $6.2M went to a home, gambling and travel, and an AI-generated auditor letter was used to stall withdrawals — the anatomy of a textbook…
The prison term is the headline, but the DOJ's own filing shows Giri kept raising from new investors after his guilty plea — the pattern regulators warn about as FBI-cited crypto fraud losses crossed…
Olena Oblamska landed in a Portland federal court after a Thailand extradition; three Russian co-defendants, including the alleged ringleader, remain at large.
If enacted, the legislation would put Myanmar among the harshest jurisdictions worldwide for fraud tied to forced-labour compounds — the compounds themselves largely feed off cross-border crypto…
The partnership let USD1 operate on a network whose key figures were sanctioned over Prince Group scam compounds — and federal investigators are now circling WLF's own operators.
Evan Tangeman has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale cryptocurrency…