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South African authorities have recovered R475,000 from Chinese “click a button” app Ponzi scammers (~$25,640 USD).

Jason Cardiff has disobeyed court orders instructing him to return to the US by January 19th. In the lead up to Cardiff’s potential fugitive status, the DOJ executed a previously filed extradition warrant.

Myanmar claims it has deported over 50,000 Chinese scammers tied to scam factories since October 2023. As reported by the South China Morning Post in a January 21st paywalled article;

The Traders Domain defendants Holton Buggs and Robert Collazo have consented to preliminary injunctions.

A new notice posted on GSB’s GSPro and Lydian World websites went live on January 21st. As per the notice, the GSB victim claims process will begin on February 21st. The claims process, through which GSPartners victims will be able to claim funds lost to any GSB investment scheme, will run until May 22nd. This [Continue reading…]

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has expanded its national list of prohibited pyramid. The updated January 20th, 2025 list now includes Qnet, MTFE and Ledger Block and Ride to Three Freedom.

Navan Global founder Trey Knight, aka Haskell Knight, and wife Emily Knight, aka Emily Deborah Fryer, are set to plead guilty to bankruptcy fraud.

Seven SAEG Ponzi net-winners have settled with the court-appointed Receiver. As disclosed in the Receiver’s Sixth Report, filed on January 9th;

Two Oris Teams scammers have been arrested in Pune. As reported by Punekar News on January 12th, the arrests were made following a complaint by a “highly educated youth”.

Investview has settled Apex fraud allegations with the SEC for $375,000. The civil monetary penalty represents just 1.7% of the $21 million the SEC alleges Apex took in. As alleged by the SEC, Investview offered unregistered securities through Apex.