Pyramid Scheme

SEC
Self-Help Firm That Mostly Took Bitcoin as Payment Mostly Just Helped Itself, SEC Charges
Ninety-two percent of Mindset 24 investors allegedly lost some of their funds. They'd paid in over a million dollars, mostly in bitcoin.
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China Moves to Crack Down on Digital Currency Pyramid Schemes
China's public security ministry says it will take aim at pyramid schemes in the country, including those that purportedly involve cryptocurrencies.
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Bulgaria Joins 'International Operation' Against OneCoin
Bulgaria's government has revealed it is part of an international crackdown of OneCoin.
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Comissão de Assuntos Econômicos (CAE) promove audiência pública com o presidente do Banco Central para discutir as diretrizes e perspectivas da política monetária. 

Em pronunciamento, à mesa, presidente do Banco Central do Brasil, Ilan Goldfajn.

Foto: Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado
Brazil Central Bank Chief Compares Bitcoin to Pyramid Scheme
The president of Brazil's central bank compared bitcoin to a financial scam, according to newly published statements.
Comissão de Assuntos Econômicos (CAE) promove audiência pública com o presidente do Banco Central para discutir as diretrizes e perspectivas da política monetária. 

Em pronunciamento, à mesa, presidente do Banco Central do Brasil, Ilan Goldfajn.

Foto: Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado

Italy
OneCoin Promoters Fined €2.6 Million by Italian Consumer Watchdog
A consumer rights watchdog in Italy is fining a group of companies that have promoted OneCoin.
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Buddhist Monks Said to Be Targeted by Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme
A bitcoin-focused pyramid scheme appears to have targeted Buddhist meditation practitioners in Thailand, according to a local news source.
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India is Cracking Down on OneCoin
Reports are emerging that authorities in India are undertaking a broad crackdown on OneCoin.
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Police Arrest 20 in Digital Currency Pyramid Scheme
Spanish police have arrested 20 individuals in connection with a pyramid scheme that used a fake digital currency called the unete.
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