{"id":49016,"date":"2022-02-26T18:20:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T02:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49016"},"modified":"2022-02-26T20:43:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T04:43:33","slug":"bitconnect-founder-indicted-in-global-2-4-billion-cryptocurrency-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49016","title":{"rendered":"BitConnect Founder Indicted in Global $2.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"node-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">SAN DIEGO<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_49022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49022\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49022 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Satish-Kumbhani-512x358-1-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Satish-Kumbhani-512x358-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Satish-Kumbhani-512x358-1.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satish Kumbhani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A federal grand jury in San Diego returned an indictment this week charging the founder of BitConnect with orchestrating a global Ponzi scheme, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">BitConnect is an alleged fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platform that reached a peak market capitalization of $3.4 billion, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Satish Kumbhani, 36, of Hemal, India, the founder of BitConnect, misled investors about BitConnect\u2019s \u201cLending Program.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Kumbhani is presumed innocent unless proven guilty, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If convicted of all counts, he faces up to 70 years in prison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Under this program, Kumbhani and his co-conspirators touted BitConnect\u2019s purported proprietary technology, known as the \u201cBitConnect Trading Bot\u201d and \u201cVolatility Software,\u201d as being able to generate substantial profits and guaranteed returns by using investors\u2019 money to trade on the volatility of cryptocurrency exchange markets. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As alleged in the indictment, however, BitConnect operated as a Ponzi scheme by paying earlier BitConnect investors with money from later investors. In total, Kumbhani and his co-conspirators obtained approximately $2.4 billion from investors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/photo-by-billy-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49018 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"tufted black chairs inside building with no people\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The indictment further alleges that, after operating for approximately one year, Kumbhani abruptly shut down the Lending Program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Kumbhani then directed his network of promoters to fraudulently manipulate and prop up the price of BitConnect\u2019s digital currency, a commodity known as BitConnect Coin (BCC), to create the false appearance of legitimate market demand for BCC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Kumbhani and his co-conspirators also concealed the location and control of the fraud proceeds obtained from investors by commingling, cycling, and exchanging the funds through BitConnect\u2019s cluster of cryptocurrency wallets and various internationally-based cryptocurrency exchanges, the indictment states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the indictment, to avoid regulatory scrutiny and oversight of BitConnect\u2019s cryptocurrency offering, Kumbhani evaded U.S. regulations governing the financial industry, including those enforced by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/photo-by-kanchanara\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49019 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ow-rgjlqjkm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"gold and black round ornament\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ow-rgjlqjkm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ow-rgjlqjkm-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ow-rgjlqjkm-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ow-rgjlqjkm-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ow-rgjlqjkm.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For example, although BitConnect operated a money transmitting business through its digital currency exchange, BitConnect never registered with FinCEN, as required under the Bank Secrecy Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cToday\u2019s indictment reiterates the FBI\u2019s commitment to identifying and addressing bad actors defrauding investors and sullying the ability of legitimate entrepreneurs to innovate within the emergent cryptocurrency space,\u201d said\u00a0Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith of the FBI\u2019s Cleveland Field Office. \u201cDressing up a tried and true fraud scheme with a new twist and basing it overseas\u00a0will not deter the resolve and dedication of the FBI to meticulously investigate and bring such fraudsters to justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cAs cryptocurrency gains popularity and attracts investors worldwide, alleged fraudsters like Kumbhani are utilizing increasingly complex schemes to defraud investors, oftentimes stealing millions of dollars,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner of the IRS Criminal Investigation\u2019s (IRS-CI) Los Angeles Field Office. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Kumbhani is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodity price manipulation, operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, and conspiracy to commit international money laundering. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Cleveland Field Office and IRS-CI are investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO A federal grand jury in San Diego returned an indictment this week charging the founder of BitConnect with orchestrating a global Ponzi scheme, according to officials. 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