A US court sentences Praetorian Group CEO Ramil Ventura Palafox to 20 years in prison for operating a $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded 90K+ investors
Quick Take — Praetorian Group International CEO, Ramil Ventura Palafox, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for operating a $200 million bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
Independent examiner: Celsius misled investors and sometimes used new customer funds to pay for withdrawals, CEO Alex Mashinsky made false claims, and more
Shoba Pillay was appointed by a New York bankruptcy court to look at whether the crypto lender operated as a Ponzi scheme
Sam Bankman-Fried publishes a Substack post offering his account of how FTX collapsed, sticking to his claims of innocence even after ex-executives pled guilty
think there shouldn't be a paying option anymore... Dave Weisberger / @daveweisberger1 : https://www.wsj.com/... It is tiresome to read SBF's half truths. 1/ His claims about Binance are ludicrous. Th...
In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss accuses Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert of engaging in “bad faith stall tactics” after Genesis halted withdrawals
Founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group Vignesh Karunanidhi / Watcher Guru : Cameron Winklevoss Accuses Barry Silbert of “Bad Faith Stall Tactics” Walter O'Leary / LinkedIn : Walter O'Leary on Linke...
Plea hearing court transcript: Caroline Ellison said she and Sam Bankman-Fried knowingly misled investors, lenders, and customers that Alameda borrowed from FTX
bond packages only require around 10-15% of the total amount to be paid. Teflon Tom / @agrizzi8 : This case offers an insight into the world of crypto. Rather than accidental, the fraud and other crim...
Filing: Vermont says Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky repeatedly misled investors about the lender's finances and used its own CEL token to bolster its balance sheet
The crypto lender admitted in a recent creditor call that it could not earn enough revenue to support its yields, the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation said. Tweets: @davidzmorris , @ldrogen ...
Lawyers in the Celsius bankruptcy are examining Tether recovering an $840M USDT loan, highlighting an uncertain area of bankruptcy law for crypto companies
Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times : Tweets: @sindap , @kadhim , @bitfinexed , @alexhern , @shortl2021 , @kadhim , @kadhim , @alexhern , @lhm1 , and @kadhim Tweets: Sujeet Indap / @sindap : really inte...
Former staff and internal documents detail Celsius' implosion; its own compliance unit warned of poor oversight and misrepresentation of financial information
Good morning! Welcome to The Daily Moon. BlockFi needs to make up its mind. Tweets: @dirtybubblemed3 : According to internal documents, Celsius execs sold over $40 million $CEL back to the company i...
A former investment manager sues Celsius for fraud, saying the crypto lender ran a Ponzi scheme by using customer deposits to rig the price of its crypto token
I've been recovering from COVID over the last two weeks and have had some time to reflect … Katyanna Quach / The Register : Now-frozen crypto-lending biz Celsius accused of devolving into a Ponzi sche...
A former investment manager sues Celsius for fraud, saying the crypto lender ran a Ponzi scheme by using customer deposits to rig the price of its crypto token
A former investment manager at Celsius Network sued the crypto lender on Thursday, saying it used customer deposits to rig …