It’s been noted of late that celebrities are hawking NFTs, and that their behavior while doing so is odd and creepy. Exhibit 1 is a…
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Category: Ponzi Scheme
Netflix’s ‘The Tinder Swindler’ renews attention on Israeli who defrauded European women
(JTA) — Tinder says it has banned Shimon Hayut and all of his known aliases. But it’s hard to imagine anyone swiping right on the…
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Rug Pull: Don’t Be Fooled! Here Are 5 Ways To Detect If Someone’s About To Scam You
Last October, a rug pull devastated investors eager to make money from cryptocurrency token “SQUID,” named after the popular Netflix show Squid Game. With its…
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Man in $1B scheme targeting veterans pleads guilty in Greenville
A co-conspirator of a $1 billion federal Ponzi scheme that targeted military veterans and investors has pleaded guilty in Greenville to one count of conspiracy to…
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NFT, the new Hollywood oil
If the world of NFT you are interested, inevitably your every conviction must be put to the severe test of Bored Ape Yacht Clubone of…
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Why Simply Calling Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme is Lazy Thinking | by Alvin T. | Feb, 2022
Robert McCauley, a non-resident senior fellow at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center and an associate member of the Faculty of History at the University…
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How Did One Actor Defraud Film Investors For Millions?
Last year, news broke about a high-profile Ponzi scheme targeting independent film investors. The guy behind this was named Zach Horwitz, an actor who worked…
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Twitter Users Rush To Cancel Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson
Oh how the turn tables. In an unsurprising twist, many of the people who have been rallying behind the Captain Marvel actress are now actively…
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SEC flags six entities’ unauthorized investment taking
By Keren Concepcion G. Valmonte, Reporter THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning the public against six new unauthorized entities soliciting investments from the…
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What is a rug pull in crypto and 6 ways to spot it
There are several clear signs that investors can watch out for to protect themselves from rug pulls such as the liquidity not being locked and…
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