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iComTech Ponzi scammer Moses Valdez has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Valdez, who sought time served, was sentenced on October 22nd, 2025.

Björn Strehl, husband of OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, is set to face trial in Germany. Germany authorities filed money laundering charges against Strehl back in 2023. Now, with the statue of limitations deadline looming, Darmstadt has initiated proceedings.

Authorities in Ghana have busted another QNet human trafficking ring, leading to three hundred and twenty arrests. The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), clarified that two hundred and ninety-five of those arrested are QNet human trafficking victims.

James Ward will pay an $80,000 civil penalty after defrauding consumers through Apex Financial. Apex Financial was an MLM crypto Ponzi launched in 2021. The scheme was built around APT, a token Ward created.

The Profit Connect Receiver has filed a clawback lawsuit against twenty net-winner promoters.

In a final blow to Chris Terry’s years of planning to hide assets, a court-appointed Temporary Receiver has been made permanent. From the court’s November 7th eighty-seven page order;

Noted as far back as May, BitClub Network defendant Joby Weeks has been flooding his criminal case docket with motions and notices. Most of the motions aren’t worth reporting in one of the motions Weeks sought to withdraw his guilty plea.

Serial MLM crypto scammer Nicholas Coppola has received a two year suspended prison sentence. Following victim complaints that prompted an investigation, authorities allege Coppola defrauded eighteen investors out of €400,000 EUR. Following his arrest last December in Italy, Coppola’s trial was scheduled for October 2025.

HelloBit has received a second securities fraud warning from Spain’s Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV). As per CNMV’s October 20th HelloBit warning;

Meta Whale has received a pyramid scheme fraud warning from Slovenia’s Securities Market Agency (ATVP). As per ATVP’s October 6th Meta Whale warning;