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The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions has issued a fraud warning pertaining to COS. Describing COS as a “fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platform”, DFI took action following a consumer complaint. COS is a simple “click a button” app Ponzi run by Chinese scammers. As part of the ruse, COS pretends to be based out of [Continue reading…]

Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) launched Operation Yang on September 13th. The enforcement action follows a criminal investigation, which began last year in August. Details in a a press-release issued by the Federal Police suggest they are targeting Mining Capital Coin.

The SEC has initiated administrative proceedings against Youngevity. The federal regulator took action after noting Youngevity has “not filed any periodic reports since” September 2020.

OneCoin co-founder Sebastian Greenwood has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Citing the need for “general deterrence” against MLM Ponzi schemes, Judge Ramos handed down Greenwood’s sentence on September 12th.

The CFTC’s initial Complaint against Fundsz has been dismissed. In an order handed down on August 31st, Judge Berger cited the CFTC’s Complaint as an “impermissible shotgun pleading”.

Three IM Mastery Academy promoters in Poland have been charged with promoting a pyramid scheme.

Two Bolivian Pay Diamond scammers have been arrested in Argentina. Following arrest warrants issued through Interpol, mother and son duo Brian Gutierrez (27) and Nilda Coque (47) were arrested in Buenos Aires.

iGenius, DreamTrips and Jifu are under investigation in Poland. The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), is specifically investigating whether these companies are pyramid schemes.

A reader got in contact earlier today to share an odd email from the DOJ, regarding Infinity2Global founder Richard Maike. As per the email, sent out as part of the DOJ’s Victim Notification System on September 8th; Defendant(s), Richard G. Maike, has been released from federal custody. The appeal in the case of defendant(s), Richard [Continue reading…]

The CFTC has secured a $1.7 billion consent judgment against Mirror Trading International. The judgment follows settlement negotiations with South African liquidators, and a Joint Motion to approve the then proposed consent judgment on September 5th. The court signed off on the judgment on September 6th.