A CryptoCompare report found that as inflation surged worldwide, the crypto exchange giant attracted the largest number of retail investors from countries facing high inflation.
The funding round was led by crypto investment firm Framework Venture and included L4 Venture Builder, a corporate venture capital fund backed by the Brazilian stock exchange B3.
One of the men charged, 64-year-old Spanish citizen Nestor Nunez, was allegedly an actor paid to present himself as the CEO of Forcount using the alias “Salvador Molina.”