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US Department of Justice to Return $17 Million in Compensation to BitConnect Victims

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A group of victims defrauded by the “infamous” BitConnect venture will get aspect of the $17 million settlement in accordance to a current court selection.

US Department of Justice to Return $17 Million in Compensation to BitConnect Victims
US Department of Justice to Return $17 Million in Compensation to BitConnect Victims

Specifically, on January twelve, the Southern District Court of California ordered the reimbursement of 800 victims from forty unique nations who suffered the BitConnect scam in the volume of $17 million. The court’s selection follows a very same-day recognize from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).

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Crypto fraud victims get above $17 million in restitution from the BitConnect scheme https://t.co/skNM1pRLz9

— Criminal Division (@DOJCrimDiv) January 12, 2023

The DOJ statement notes that Bitconnect is a cryptocurrency lending platform launched in 2016, which claims to market proprietary technologies like “Bitconnect Trading Bot” and “Volatile Software” which it claims to promise enormous returns for traders. The venture guarantees an typical each day compound return of one%, or about three,700% per annum.

And without a doubt it is, Bitconnect is the great “Ponzi scheme”, as the preliminary traders are paid with the cash invested by the new traders. The venture speedily fell apart in 2018 immediately after stealing $two.four billion from additional than four,000 men and women in 95 nations, turning out to be 1 of the greatest “snags” in the background of the cryptocurrency sector.

The alleged founder of Bitconnect, Satish Kumbhani, was charged by the DOJ in February 2022. He is also below investigation by police in India and is at present unknown. Additionally, Bitconnect’s prime US-based mostly advertiser, Glenn Arcaro, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in September 2021 and was ordered to return $24 million to traders.

According to the DOJ, Arcaro and other folks employed 15% of Bitconnect’s investor money for a slush fund employed to advantage owners and other promoters. On September sixteen, 2022, Arcaro was sentenced to 38 months in prison for participating in Bitconnect.

However, in addition to the most up-to-date selection to reimburse victims, in late 2021, the US Department of Justice also effectively auctioned $56 million well worth of BitConnect cryptocurrency.

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