Rathnakishore Giri was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a sophisticated cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. He falsely presented himself as an expert in Bitcoin derivatives, promising ...

Coffeezilla and Patrick Bet-David are trending after a public back-and-forth over Goliath Ventures, a company that federal prosecutors recently accused of operating as a Ponzi scheme. The discussion ...

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If you stand in the middle of the every-busy Lagos Island market and scream, “double your money in 10 days,” at least 100 people will turn to look. You can blame the economy, desperation, or our ...

Every year, thousands of intelligent and otherwise capable people fall victim to some form of exploitation or fraud. The fallout is devastating, both financially and psychologically. Rates of ...