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Policy

India's Directorate of Enforcement Seizes $190M in BitConnect Fraud Case

BitConnect's founder, Satish Kumbhani, is wanted in both India and the U.S.

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Policy

BitConnect’s Victims to Receive $17M in Restitution Seized From Scam’s Promoter

The money will be distributed to approximately 800 victims from over 40 different countries.

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Videos

CoinDesk's Crypto Crooks Podcast Dives Into Some of the Wildest Crypto Crimes

CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris joins "The Hash" panel to discuss his new podcast series "Crypto Crooks," with the first season shedding light on the infamous BitConnect scam. Find the latest episode of "Crypto Crooks" wherever you get your podcasts.

Recent Videos

Videos

CoinDesk's True-Crime Podcast 'Crypto Crooks' Launching in January

The CoinDesk Podcast Network is launching the first season of "Crypto Crooks" with the story of the infamous BitConnect pyramid scheme. CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist and "Crypto Crooks" host David Z. Morris gives a preview of the narrative podcast. Crypto Crooks” Season 1: BitConnect, debuts on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 5 a.m. EST.

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Policy

BitConnect Founder, Indicted in US Over Missing Bitcoin, Is Now Wanted in India, Too

Satish Kumbhani and six others were named by an unidentified lawyer in a complaint over missing bitcoin.

Temple in Pune, India (Anand Dhumal/Pixabay)

Opinion

Celsius and BitConnect: Not So Different?

The insolvent crypto lender may not have been as blatantly criminal as the infamous BitConnect pyramid scheme, but the parallels should have drawn more regulatory scrutiny.

Alex Mashinsky Founder and CEO Celsius Network at Consensus 2019 AND Carlos Matos promoting Bitconnect

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