California regulator accuses 11 of violating securities laws, operating like Ponzi schemes

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation accused nearly a dozen crypto and decentralized finance entities of operating like Ponzi schemes and violating state securities laws. T...

Florida man pleads guilty to securities fraud charge in $100 million crypto Ponzi scheme

A Florida resident pleaded guilty to a securities fraud conspiracy charge in a case involving a crypto Ponzi scheme said to have netted as much as $100 million from customers. The Department of Justic...

CFTC accuses Ohio man of operating $12 million ‘bitcoin Ponzi scheme’

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action against an Ohio man this week, alleging that he fraudulently solicited over $12 million and at least 10 bitcoins fro...