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DOJ moves for forfeiture of Jason Cardiff’s $500,000 bond

After his arrest in 2023 Jason Cardiff was granted bail, secured by a $500,000 appearance bond. Following Cardiff’s failure to return to the US as ordered last month, the DOJ has now moved for forfeiture of Cardiff’s bond.


Marlon & Lashonda Moore plead guilty to BINT criminal charges

Blessings In No Time co-founders Marlon and Lashonda Moore have pled guilty to related criminal charges.


Mark Scott & Sebastian Greenwood lose OneCoin appeals

Sebastian Greenwood and Mark Scott have lost their respective OneCoin criminal sentencing appeals.


OmegaPro victim vigilantes in France sentenced to prison

Two OmegaPro victims have received partially suspended prison sentences in France.


FinUp securities fraud warning from Spain

Mavie Global’s FinUp spinoff has received a securities fraud warning from Spain’s Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV). As per the CNMV’s January 13th FinUp warning;


Nimbus Platform & Syncord fraud warning from Spain

Nimbus Platform and its Syncord reboot have received a securities fraud warning from Spain’s Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV). A per the CNMV’s January 13th, 2025 warning;


Skainet Systems securities fraud warning from Germany

Skainet Systems has received a securities fraud warning from Germany’s BaFin regulator. In its warning BaFin cites both Skainet Systems and purported parent shell company Cermak LLC. As per Bafin’s January 22nd, 2025 warning;


Torres Ponzi scheme arrests by Indian authorities

Indian authorities have made five arrests in connection to the Torres MLM Ponzi scheme. Torres was a jewelry themed MLM crypto Ponzi targeting Indians. The scam appears to have collapsed in the lead up to Christmas 2024. Torres’ Ponzi ruse was sham jewelry stores set up in India tied to Ukrainian scammers.


David Carmona cops $789K iComTech restitution, $3.7M forfeiture

Following negotiation with the DOJ, iComTech founder David Carmona has been ordered to pay $789,218 in restitution. A separate order has also set iComTech forfeiture at $3.7 million.


DAO1 securities fraud warning from New Zealand

DAO1 has received a securities fraud warning from New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA).