July 2, 2024
Investors

Two 39-year-old Estonian men are the alleged kingpins behind a massive half billion fraud targeting thousands of U.S. investors

The Department of Justice is advancing a case alleging that two men in Estonia cheated investors in a byzantine cryptocurrency mining operation that generated $575 million, authorities said. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 39, were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, and charged on an 18-count indictment filed in the Western District of Washington, DOJ said

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Mortgage

Victoria, B.C., mortgage broker ran Ponzi scheme, trustee finds

Bankruptcy proceedings for disgraced Victoria mortgage broker Greg Martel found he was operating a “massive” Ponzi scheme that helped fund a lavish lifestyle. Documents from receiver and trustee PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) say an analysis of money from investors that flowed into and out of Martel’s company My Mortgage Auction Corp. (MMAC) — also known as Shop

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