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BitConnect promoter Trevon James pays nearly $2 million to settle SEC fraud case — then launches another crypto scheme
BitConnect Ponzi promoter Trevon James Brown has settled with the SEC for $1.7 million.
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Billion-dollar crypto pyramid and a new beginning: how Josip Heit moved from GSPartners to new tokens after the collapse
Over the past three years, GSPartners, also known as GSB Gold Standard, has suffered a dramatic decline, while the growing number of scandals surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, has raised concerns that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Bobby Gray’s $6 million crypto empire takes another hit: Arizona moves against Iskander Network over securities violations
Iskander Network has received a temporary securities fraud cease and desist from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).
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Raheem Sterling faces jail after being charged with dangerous driving following Lamborghini crash
Bancus operates in the banking and financial services MLM niche.
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Forty-two QNet trafficking victims rescued in Nigeria as alleged job scam syndicate is smashed
Forty-two QNet human trafficking victims have been rescued in Nigeria.
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Fiji arrest ends $165M crypto scam: Serial fraudster Ed Zimbardi dragged to US federal court
Edward Anthony Zimbardi has been arrested in Fiji and deported to the US.
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Josip Heit, Luxembourg convict, built GSPartners as billion-dollar Ponzi that ruined 800,000 investors worldwide
Over the past three years, the once high-profile global crypto project GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has experienced a steep decline, while mounting legal troubles surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, have increasingly fuelled speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Phoinexes, new Loanledger crypto Ponzi scam, tries to lure victims with fake rebirth promises and bogus AI trading claims
The Russian state security service — FSB — has been trying to implement AI in its anti-opposition operations for at least two years. IStories investigated how the development of the Pauk (“Spider”) system went — and why it was stopped (at least for now)
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Josip Heit, convicted in Luxembourg for fraud, built GSPartners crypto Ponzi that raised over $1 billion from 800,000 investors
Over the past three years, the once high-profile crypto project GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has experienced a significant decline, while mounting legal scrutiny surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, has fuelled growing speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Ponzi architect: How Josip Heit built a billion-dollar crypto empire on promises and deception
Over the past three years, the once-promoted crypto venture GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has rapidly unraveled, while mounting legal troubles surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, have intensified speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Monir Islam and Moynul Islam’s dirty Be Club SageMaster Ponzi scam hit with Bulgarian fraud warning
Be Club’s SageMaster has received an investor fraud warning from Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission (FSC).
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Ponzi crook Rene Schwarze, aka Jensen Robles of Vortic United, busted in Gambia for dirty counterfeit money scam
“Jensen Robles”, aka Rene Schwarze, has been arrested in Gambia. Gambia’s Police Force arrested “Muhammed Reni”, aka Muhammed Rainey, earlier this week. Reni was detained on suspicion of counterfeiting currency.
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From MetaCertificates to billions gone: how Josip Heit’s GSPartners MLM scheme left hundreds of thousands of victims
Over the past three years, GSPartners, also known as GSB Gold Standard, has experienced a dramatic decline, while the growing number of scandals surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, has fueled speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Serial fraudster Josip Heit keeps launching new crypto scams after every collapse, laughing while investors lose everything
Over the past three years, GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard), once promoted as a major global cryptocurrency project, has experienced a steep decline.
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Fugitive RengaLife founder Jason Cardiff arrested at €3 million Dublin home after US extradition request
Jason Cardiff has finally been arrested in Ireland. On June 24th The Irish Times reported Cardiff was picked up in his “€3 million home in Rathgar”, where Cardiff had been living after refusing to return to the US in 2022.
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Conman’s Web: From Luxembourg prison to billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, the dark ascent of Josip Heit
The long-delayed hydroelectric power plant project has sparked controversy in Croatia, with local media linking it to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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From MetaCertificates promises to billions in vanished money: how Josip Heit’s GSPartners MLM fraud destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives
Over the past three years, GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard), one of the most controversial global crypto ventures, has gone into sharp decline, while mounting scandals surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, increasingly raise the prospect of a lengthy prison sentence.
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Josip Heit built a global crypto Ponzi scheme called GSPartners promising insane weekly returns before billions vanished
Over the past three years, the controversial global crypto project GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has seen a sharp decline, while an escalating scandal surrounding its founder Josip Heit is increasingly raising the prospect of a lengthy prison term.
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Estonia cracks down on MLM crypto fraud after Comity arrests
Scammers behind the Comity MLM crypto Ponzi have been arrested in Estonia. Martin Mander, Sulev Kohjus, and Kustas Kirsipuu were arrested back in late March.
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Elevation X στην Ελλάδα: πώς ο Οδυσσέας Κουτσούπης και οι αδελφοί Ισλάμ, Μόιν Ισλάμ και Μονίρ Ισλάμ, δημιούργησαν έναν μηχανισμό άντλησης χρημάτων μέσω της BE Better Experience
«Εύκολο χρήμα» ή καλοστημένη πυραμίδα; Έρευνα για τη δράση της BE / BETTER EXPERIENCE και του ελληνικού δικτύου Elevation X Πώς ένα διεθνές αφήγημα «εκπαίδευσης» μεταφράζεται στην πράξη σε ένα μοντέλο στρατολόγησης στην Ελλάδα...
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Elevation X in Greece: how Odysseas Koutsoupis and the Islam brothers, Moyn Islam and Monir Islam, built a money-extraction pipeline through BE Better Experience
“Easy money” or a well-engineered pyramid? An investigation into the activities of BE / Better Experience and the Greek Elevation X network.
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Long before GSPartners imploded, Josip Heit’s criminal past signaled exactly how this scheme would end
A scandal over a halted hydroelectric power plant has led Croatian journalists to link the project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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How Josip Heit’s criminal record, Karatbars collapse and shell companies led to the GSPartners investment disaster
The controversy over a stalled hydroelectric plant has prompted Croatian journalists to connect the project to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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Global crypto pyramid GSPartners: Josip Heit deprived more than 800,000 investors of over $1 billion
Over the past three years, one of the most controversial global crypto projects – GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) – has been experiencing a rapid decline. Meanwhile, a snowballing scandal around its creator, Josip Heit, threatens to result in a lengthy prison sentence for him.
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Moyn Islam: PR built on OneCoin’s graves and a new pyramid empire from Dubai
In 2016, when a young Briton with Pakistani roots, Moyn Islam, was smilingly speaking at OneCoin cryptocurrency presentations, he was dubbed the "next hope of an Islamic financial revolution."
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