BitConnect Founder Charged With Masterminding $2.4 Billion Fraud

BitConnect Founder Charged With Masterminding $2.4 Billion Fraud

It will just be a matter of time until authorities catch up on BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani and face the charges against him. Kumbhani was accused by a US federal grand jury for orchestrating a $2.4 billion bitcoin Ponzi scam. He was charged with wire fraud, commodities price manipulation, operating an unregistered money transmitting business. […]


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