The lynchpin of crypto fraud, Randall Crater, was finally pinned by the Massachusetts district court today. The news was broken by the US Commodity Future Trading Commission.
The My BigCoin founder must go through a penalty of $7.6 million. The money would go through to the claim settlements of the victims.
Asset frauds are increasing in the US. A few days ago, Western Asset CIO Ken Leech was charged with multiple allegations of cherry-picking trades and favoring clients for a long time.
Another two months before that, TD Bank accepted claims of potential money laundering and paid over $3 million for settlements. US President Trump also paid $175 million worth of bonds, to prevent the seizure of his assets under the New York civil fraud case.
But the crypto world is also witnessing something like this now.
Excerpts from the order
The order has many highlights. However, the main character has been operating a digital fraud asset scheme from 2014 till 2018. He was the brainchild behind a functional and active virtual coin. Named, My Big Coin, this one was going to revolutionize inter-state commerce.
The crime
Under the banner of My Big Coin, this proclaimed crypto fraud solicitor collected around $7.6 million from a range of at least 28 traders. Some of them received misleading claims regarding the value of the coin and its trading status. If you’re plotted too, drop a mail to FBI.gov immediately!
