Cryptocurrencies
Three Men Are Charged in $722 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud
- BitClub Network allegedly sold shares in phony mining pools
- Defendant called customers ‘sheep’ and ‘dumb,’ U.S. claims
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Three men were charged by U.S. prosecutors with helping run a $722 million cryptocurrency fraud that amounted to a “high-tech Ponzi scheme.”
From 2014 until this month, the men operated BitClub Network, which solicited money from investors in exchange for shares in purported cryptocurrency mining pools and rewarded them for recruiting new investors, according to prosecutors.