Crypto Pyramid Scam: DOJ Charges Mining Capital Coin CEO In $62M Fraud Scheme
The US Department of Justice charged Mining Capital Coin’s senior executive officer with conspiracy to commit a $62 million crypto investment scam. According to the DOJ complaint, Luiz Capuci and unnamed co-conspirators deceived investors over the profit-generating potential of MCC mining packages and a native token called Capital Coin, which was backed by the “largest […]
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As the saying goes, there’s a sucker born every minute. This is the primary rule on which pyramid schemes operate – there will always be enough people to make a scam work. BTCSolar was a bit different than most pyramid schemes these days. It had some funding at the start, as evidenced by it having been advertised on CCN briefly. As our legalese goes, we’re not responsible for what you do when you leave our site, but we still want to report on these things as they come to our attention. This reporter has been trying to find someone responsible for the BTCSolar pyramid scam for a couple of....