One of the things that made BitConnect so resilient to criticism was its wide network of promoters, shamelessly shilling the company on YouTube and other social media channels. But it seems that even ...

BitConnect is in the midst of closing its cryptocurrency lending and exchange platform, following warnings from US regulators and speculation that the platform is little more than a Ponzi scheme. In a ...

Over the past few days, I’ve been revisiting the story of the massive 2016-2018 crypto scam BitConnect for an upcoming project. One of my surprising takeaways is that, though BitConnect was a shady ...

In a menacing turn of events yesterday, Bitcoin investment lending platform BitConnect abruptly announced it is shutting down its lending and exchange services. But while this sudden “curveball” might ...

The U.S. Department of Justice received court approval today to sell about $56 million in cryptocurrency seized as part of an investigation into the BitConnect Ltd. Ponzi scheme. The unspecified ...

The indicted founder of crypto trading platform BitConnect has gone off the grid – leaving federal officials unable to formally serve him with a lawsuit in connection to an alleged $2.4 billion Ponzi ...

A San Diego federal judge on Thursday ordered the top U.S.-based promoter of a worldwide cryptocurrency scam to pay more than $17.6 million in restitution to nearly 800 victims from around the globe.

The founder of a cryptocurrency company was charged by a San Diego federal grand jury Friday in a wide-ranging indictment alleging he defrauded global investors out of more than $2.4 billion in what ...

John Louis Anthony Bigatton will not be providing financial services in Australia and likely not anywhere else, anytime soon. On Thursday, September 3, 2020, the Australian Securities and Investments ...

"Crypto Crooks" is sponsored by Chainalysis. BitConnect’s nefarious tentacles reached across the world. So did the impact of its downfall and the fates of its architects. In our season finale, we take ...

Based in Britain, BitConnect markets itself as an “open source, all-in-one Bitcoin and crypto-community platform designed to provide multiple investment opportunities,” with a present market ...

One of the directors involved in the BitConnect cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy. This week, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said that Los Angeles ...