IcomTech and Forcount were the firms involved in Ponzi ventures, promising false returns to victims.
The Department of Justice has been very strict lately in the wake of FTX-like episodes.
FTX former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas and denied bail.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has become extra vigilant and is scrutinizing crypto industry players. All this vigilance is perhaps to avoid an FTX collapse ‘part II’ on US soil. The DoJ announced that they had filed charges against nine individuals for allegedly operating two Crypto Ponzi schemes – ‘IcomTech’ and ‘Forcount,’ aka ‘Weltsys,’ on Wednesday.
U.S. Attorney announces fraud and money laundering charges against the founders and promoters of two cryptocurrency Ponzi schemeshttps://t.co/xyDjz0J4Q0
— US Attorney SDNY (@SDNYnews) December 14, 2022
These two indictments should be considered a warning for all cryptocurrency con artists. US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement,
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