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US charges Serbian man behind Steven Seagal-promoted Bitcoiin2Gen scam Business Authorities in the United States have unveiled charges against a Serbian man who allegedly operated a $7 million cryptocurrency scam. Krstijan Krstic founded Start Options and Bitcoiin2Gen, or B2G, in 2017 and reportedly induced U.S. investors into the scam. Krstic also tapped Steven Seagal to promote his scam, which resulted in the actor settling charges with regulators. The U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment against Krstic in a federal court in Brooklyn. It charged him with conspiracy to comm...

Department of Justice Arraigns Serbian National For $7M Crypto Fraud Last Updated: 25 February 2021 US regulators are cracking down on crypto-related crimes. The 2019 crime surge in the nascent industry has made global regulators renew efforts to suppress a fast-growing societal menace. The latest example of government intervention is that of defunct Start Options. Two Crypto Fraudulent Schemes On Tuesday, a 45-year-old Serbian national Kristijan Krstic was arraigned for defrauding US investors of $7 million through two online investment platforms he floated. In a stateme...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said on Tuesday that Kristijan Krstic, a Serbian national, has been charged in an indictment for allegedly participating in international, cryptocurrency-related fraud.  According to the complaint, the 45-year-old founded two platforms, Start Options and B2G, and also served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Start Options. It has been alleged that between roughly 2017 and 2018, Krstic and co-conspirators targeted investors in the United States, luring them to purchase securities in the form of investment contracts in both companies, marketed as succe...

[co-author: Laura Peterson] On February 1, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had brought charges against several individuals involved in an alleged scheme to induce investors to transfer more than $11 million to buy into an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) of B2G tokens, which the SEC claimed was merely an elaborate sham. ( SEC v. Krstic, No. 21-0529 (E.D.N.Y. Filed Feb. 1, 2021)). The complaint, filed in the Eastern District of New York, alleged that Kristijan Krstic (“Krstic”), John DeMarr (“DeMarr”), and Robin Enos (“Enos”) (colle...

Monday, February 8, 2021 On February 1, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had brought charges against several individuals involved in an alleged scheme to induce investors to transfer more than $11 million to buy into an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) of B2G tokens, which the SEC claimed was merely an elaborate sham. ( SEC v. Krstic, No. 21-0529 (E.D.N.Y. Filed Feb. 1, 2021)). The complaint, filed in the Eastern District of New York, alleged that Kristijan Krstic (“Krstic”), John DeMarr (“DeMarr”), and Robin Enos (“Enos...