Victims

Finiko Founder Doronin Offers to Testify Against 44 Accomplices at Crypto Pyramid

November 22, 2021 Bitcoin.com

Accomplices

Kirill Doronin, mastermind of the Russian crypto Ponzi scheme Finiko, has proposed to testify against dozens of his former associates he claims violated his order to accept only cryptocurrency from investors. The founder of Russia’s largest financial pyramid in modern times has already provided detailed testimonies against a long list of accomplices, a media report […]

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Onecoin Victims Petition Bulgaria for Seizure of Assets and Compensation

November 19, 2021 Bitcoin.com

Assets

A lawyer representing investors defrauded by the notorious crypto scam Onecoin has urged authorities in Bulgaria to act on the case, claiming that the “world’s largest pyramid scheme” is still operating from the country. In a petition with the Bulgarian Constitutional Ombudsman, Jonathan Levy accuses officials in Sofia of failing to provide justice to the […]

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Russia Fails to Act on Request to Help Freeze Millions in Crypto Withdrawn From Wex Wallet

November 14, 2021 Bitcoin.com

bankrupt

The Russian Ministry of Interior has rejected a request filed by clients of Wex to do its part in the blocking of crypto funds removed from a wallet controlled by the now-defunct crypto exchange. Over 10,000 ETH have been recently withdrawn from the wallet and transferred to other platforms. Wex Victims Try to Freeze $46 […]

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Law Enforcement in Russia’s Samara Region Investigates 8 Cases of Fraud Related to Finiko

September 28, 2021 Bitcoin.com

arrest warrants

The investigation into the Russia-based crypto pyramid Finiko is growing with law enforcement officials in Samara region announcing they have launched eight criminal cases against Finiko associates. Authorities are also working to identify more victims of the Ponzi scheme, Russia’s largest in recent years. Finiko Members Under Investigation in Samara, Russia The Russian Ministry of […]

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Russian Police Arrest 2 Women, High-Ranking Members of Finiko Crypto Pyramid

September 11, 2021 Bitcoin.com

Arrested

Law enforcement in the Russian republic of Tatarstan have made new arrests in connection with the crypto Ponzi scheme Finiko. Two women detained this week are believed to have attracted millions of dollars to the pyramid. The now collapsed Finiko lured investors from a number of countries in the post-Soviet space and around the world, […]

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Report Claims the FBI Uses Bitcoin Mixers During BTC Forfeiture Processing

April 11, 2021 Bitcoin.com

Bitcoin

Over the last eight years, U.S. law enforcement has seized a great number of bitcoins and at one time, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) held one of the largest bitcoin wallets after the Silk Road takedown. A recently published report shows the FBI has started using cryptocurrency mixing applications in recent times in order […]

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