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bitconnect

Crypto Crooks 4X3
Podcasts
Podcast
BitConnect Episode 4: Fraud Is a Flat Circle
This week, in the last episode of the season, we look at the methodical, often slow progress of justice, and pull at one final thread: the ominous connections between BitConnect and India’s ruling party, the conservative BJP.
Crypto Crooks 4X3
By David Z. Morris
Jan 31, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2023
PodcastBitconnect
Crypto Crooks 4X3
Podcasts
Podcast
BitConnect Episode 3: Technically, You Kind of Lost Your Money
This week, we meet the online influencers who enticed victims into the BitConnect farce, and the pyramid-scheme model that allowed them to make millions doing it.
Crypto Crooks 4X3
By David Z. Morris
Jan 24, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2023
PodcastBitconnectcrypto scams
Crypto Crooks 4X3
Podcasts
Podcast
BitConnect Episode 2: Where Is Madeline Bigatton?
This week, we explore the intricate interplay of events that led to BitConnect’s dramatic decline, and the case of the missing woman just left of center of the scheme.
Crypto Crooks 4X3
By David Z. Morris
Jan 17, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 17, 2023
PodcastBitconnectScams
CDCROP: Justicia - sculpture at justice fountain in Frankfurt City, Germany (Getty Images)
Policy
Regulations
BitConnect’s Victims to Receive $17M in Restitution Seized From Scam’s Promoter
The money will be distributed to approximately 800 victims from over 40 different countries.
CDCROP: Justicia - sculpture at justice fountain in Frankfurt City, Germany (Getty Images)
By Cheyenne Ligon
Jan 13, 2023 at 4:43 p.m. UTC
Jan 13, 2023
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Crypto Crooks 4X3
Podcasts
Podcast
BitConnect Episode 1: The Gujarati Connection
This week, we dig into the rise of BitConnect, the strange kidnapping case that ultimately helped unravel the scheme and an important Texas Securities Commission cease and desist order.
Crypto Crooks 4X3
By David Z. Morris
Jan 10, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 10, 2023
PodcastBitconnectScams
CDCROP: Temple in Pune, India (Anand Dhumal/Pixabay)
Policy
Bitconnect
BitConnect Founder, Indicted in US Over Missing Bitcoin, Is Now Wanted in India, Too
Satish Kumbhani and six others were named by an unidentified lawyer in a complaint over missing bitcoin.
CDCROP: Temple in Pune, India (Anand Dhumal/Pixabay)
By Amitoj Singh
Aug 17, 2022 at 10:56 a.m. UTC
Aug 17, 2022
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CDCROP: Alex Mashinsky & Carlos Matos (CoinDesk/Bitconnect)
Layer 2
Celsius
Celsius and BitConnect: Not So Different?
The insolvent crypto lender may not have been as blatantly criminal as the infamous BitConnect pyramid scheme, but the parallels should have drawn more regulatory scrutiny.
CDCROP: Alex Mashinsky & Carlos Matos (CoinDesk/Bitconnect)
By David Z. Morris
Jul 27, 2022 at 5:59 p.m. UTC
Jul 27, 2022
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(Gregory Varnum/Wikimedia Commons)
Policy
Bitconnect
BitConnect Founder Indicted in $2.4B Ponzi Scheme Has Disappeared
Attorneys said efforts to locate Satish Kumbhani could remain unfruitful.
(Gregory Varnum/Wikimedia Commons)
By Shaurya Malwa
Mar 1, 2022 at 8:20 a.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2022
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(Gregory Varnum/Wikimedia Commons)
Policy
Bitconnect
US Justice Department Indicts BitConnect Founder
Satish Kumbhani already faced SEC charges for his role in the "global Ponzi scheme."
(Gregory Varnum/Wikimedia Commons)
By Nikhilesh De
Feb 25, 2022 at 11:32 p.m. UTC
Feb 25, 2022
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(Shutterstock)
Policy
Bitconnect
DOJ to Sell $56M in Crypto Proceeds From BitConnect Fraud Scam
The agency called the liquidation the largest recovery of assets tied to a cryptocurrency fraud to date.
(Shutterstock)
By James Rubin
Nov 16, 2021 at 6:33 p.m. UTC
Nov 16, 2021
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