Nine promoters of the Coinplex Ponzi scheme have been arrested in Poland.The Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) announced the September 1st arrests on September 9th;

Officers from the Rzeszów Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime have arrested nine individuals suspected of organizing and operating a Ponzi scheme.

The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Rzeszów, in conjunction with officers from the Customs and Tax Office in Przemyśl, is overseeing the investigation.

Note “operating” is assumed to refer to local promotion, as Coinplex was a Chinese “click a button” app Ponzi.

The detained persons were charged at the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Rzeszów with participation in an organized criminal group, laundering money derived from crime, fraud, and the Act of 29 August 1997 – Banking Law, regarding the illegal collection of funds from natural persons.

Citing a “months-long investigation”, CBZC states, in addition to failing to register with Polish regulators,

funds deposited by the victims were not invested in accordance with the organizers’ declarations, and that the funds paid out during its operation came from contributions from newly acquired members.

In addition to the arrests, Polish authorities raised twenty-one locations. 1.5 million PLN in cash and assets has been seized (~$413,409 USD).

Coinplex was a typical quantitative trading “click a button” app Ponzi. The common ruse sees investors pitched on riches if they log into an app and click a button. Clicking the button is represented to correspond trading activity.

As noted by CBZC, there is no trading activity. Newly invested funds are used to pay existing investors.

After milking Polish consumers from around late 2024, Coinplex collapsed last month.

Total Coinplex victim losses are unknown. The Chinese scammers behind the fraudulent investment scheme remain at large.