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Former State Senator Indicted for Fraud, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion - On February 3, a grand jury indicted Sam McCann, former Illinois State Senator and 2018 gubernatorial...
John DeMarr allegedly staged his own disappearance in Montenegro to avoid disgruntled investors. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three people with defrauding hundreds of retail investors out of more than $11 million through two fraudulent and unregistered digital asset securities offerings. According to the SEC’s complaint, Kristijan Krstic, the founder of online companies Start Options and Bitcoiin2Gen, and John DeMarr, who was the primary US-based promoter for the companies, fraudulently induced investors to buy digital asset securities over the course of a yea...
James Langton The alleged mastermind of multi-million-dollar crypto frauds who purportedly faked his own disappearance to avoid angry investors is now facing charges from U.S. authorities. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that a California man, John DeMarr, was arrested and charged in a U.S. federal court with conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection with unregistered crypto trading. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also charged DeMarr for his role in two “fraudulent and unregistered digital asset securities offerings” that allegedly duped retail ...
Founder of Crypto Scam Promoted by Actor Steven Seagal Charged â Key Member Arrested in US Three people have been charged in the U.S. over two cryptocurrency scams, one of which was promoted by famous Hollywood actor Steven Seagal. The main promoter of the schemes has already been arrested and is facing criminal charges. Seagal previously settled the charges against him relating to the scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged three people on Monday with defrauding retail investors “through two fraudulent and unregistered digital asset securit...
They targeted retail investors The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Kristijan Krstic, John DeMarr and Robin Enos with digital asset fraud. Krstic is the founder of Start Options and Bitxoiin2Gen; while DeMarr was the primary promoter for both companies in the US, and Enos worked with DeMarr on the marketing material. According to the regulator, the trio defrauded retail investors out of more than $11m (£8m, €9m). The SEC alleges that between December 2017 and May 2018 they “fraudulently induced investors to buy digital asset securities”. In addition, the complain...