Getty Images Investigators from the Hawks probing bitcoin trading platform Mirror Trading International are working with colleagues investigating an earlier alleged bitcoin scam uncovered in 2018, called BTC Global. BTC was a South African cryptocurrency trading platform that imploded in 2018 after its "founder trader" abruptly vanished, leaving over 25 000 members unable to withdraw their investments. Two and half years later, Mirror Trading International - another cryptocurrency trading platform promising lavish returns, was placed into provisional liquidation after its founder disappeared. Investigators from the Hawks probing bitcoin trading platform Mirror Trading International (MTI) – which was provisionally liquidated last month and whose CEO has hasn't been heard from in weeks, are working with colleagues investigating an earlier alleged bitcoin scam uncovered in 2018.