Cryptocurrency Ponzi, Pyramid, and MLM Schemes: Part 2

Jason Scharfman ()
Additional contact information
Jason Scharfman: Corgentum Consulting, LLC

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Fraud Casebook, 2023, pp 55-68 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter continued the analysis of cryptocurrency Ponzi, pyramid, and MLM scams. We began our analysis by examining the Doge coin mining rug pull case scam in Turkey. We next discussed alleged crypto schemes orchestrated by family members. We then discussed the first ever insider trading charges brought in a cryptocurrency case. We concluded the chapter with an analysis of the BitConnect Ponzi scheme.

Keywords: Turkey; Crypto Insider Trading; BitConnect; Ponzi; Pyramid scam; Multi-level marketing (MLM) fraud (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-23679-2_4

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783031236792

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23679-2_4

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().