May 29, 2018 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) - RCMP have arrested and charged two people…
Embattled crypto lender Celsius is a ‘fraud’ and ‘Ponzi scheme,’ lawsuit alleges
Crypto lender Celsius artificially inflated the price of its own digital coin, failed to hedge risk and engaged in activities that amounted to fraud, a lawsuit alleges. Celsius on Thursday was sued by former investment manager Jason Stone, as pressure continues to...
Bernie Madoff’s sister and her husband found dead in apparent murder-suicide
The sister of Bernie Madoff, the infamous Ponzi schemer who died in prison last year, and her husband were found dead in their Florida home Thursday. Police say the cause of their death seems to be an apparent murder-suicide. On Sunday, The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s...
Victims of Ponzi scheme call for reopening of probe into offshore money transfers
April 29, 2021 – Victims of a massive investment fraud that operated for years out of Montreal and siphoned more than $500 million offshore are calling on federal politicians to resume an inquiry into Canadian shell companies set up in the Isle of Man, a popular...
Crypto scam hits Okanagan
March 27, 2021 – Doug Crawford says he lost $10,000 in a cryptocurrency ponzi investment scheme, allegedly brought to him by a Kelowna, B.C., man who he has known for 20 years. The RCMP is warning to the public about cryptocurrency fraud, which is dramatically...
British Columbia couple accused of million-dollar Ponzi investment scam in Alberta
March 25, 2021 – A husband and wife from Summerland, B.C., have been charged in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme after an investigation by Alberta RCMP. After a referral from the Alberta Securities Commission, police began investigating the actions of...