Cryptocurrency Fraud
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OneCoin was a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme founded in 2014 by Ruja Ignatova ('Cryptoqueen') and Karl Sebastian Greenwood, which defrauded approximately 3.5 million investors worldwide of over $4 billion. The scheme operated through a fake private blockchain and multilevel marketing network before collapsing in 2017. Greenwood was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2023; Ignatova remains a fugitive on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list with a $5 million reward for information leading to her arrest.
avoid.net/plustoken→4/100[CRITICAL]PlusToken was a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded an estimated 3 million investors of between $2 billion and $3 billion in digital assets.