I-US Secret Service ibophe amadoda amabili yawabeka icala lokuqola abatshalizimali abangaphezu kwe-100, okuhlanganisa nabadlali bangaphambili be-Major League Baseball kanye nemindeni yabo, ohlelweni okusolwa ukuthi lubandakanya inkampani yokutshala imali yomgunyathi ye-cryptocurrency.

UJohn Caruso, 28, noZachary Salter, 27, bobabili basePhoenix, babekwe icala lokwakha itulo lokukhwabanisa nokushushumbisa imali. UCaruso ungumsunguli we-Zima Digital Assets, okuyinkampani yokutshala imali ye-blockchain kanye ne-cryptocurrency emaphakathi nezinsolo zobugebengu iziphathimandla ezithi kuwuhlelo lwe-Ponzi.

Ngokwesikhalo somthetho, i-Zima Digital Assets imelwe yila madoda amabili njenge-hedge fund, kodwa, ngokusekelwe kumarekhodi ezezimali, abukho ubufakazi bokuthi noma yiziphi izimali zokutshala izimali ezinikezwe i-Caruso kanye ne-Salter zaya kunoma iyiphi i-digital asset investment, noma kunoma yikuphi ukutshalwa kwezimali kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo.

"Sekunqunywe ngokusobala ukuthi imali enikezwe iZima Digital Assets isetshenziswe ngokungaguquki ukuxhasa impilo yobukhazikhazi beCaruso, Salter, kanye nabalingani babo," ngokusho kwesikhalazo, esinezezele ngokuthi "kulo lonke lolu hlelo, akukho wabona umthombo osemthethweni wemali engenayo yeCaruso noma yakwaSalter.”

Ngokusho kwabe-Secret Service, la madoda amabili abonakale nezimoto zikanokusho ezifana neLamborghini, Rolls Royces, McLarens, Ferraris kanye ne-Aston Martin. Futhi ngokusekelwe ekuhlaziyweni kwe-accountant ye-forensic, u-Caruso no-Salter basebenzise okungenani u-$350,000 ekuqashweni kwezimoto zikanokusho phakathi kuka-March 2018 no-August 2019.

Amarekhodi asebhange aphinde abonisa ukuthi laba bobabili basebenzise izindleko ezinkulu emakhasino ase-Las Vegas. Ngokulandela incwadi yokubizela enkantolo eyanikezwa i-MGM Grand, enamahhotela namakhasino amaningi e-Las Vegas, kwanqunywa ukuthi esikhathini esingaphezudlwana nje konyaka, uCaruso nowesifazane ongaziwa bathathe uhambo olungaba ngu-30 lokuya e-Las Vegas futhi balahlekelwa imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.4 zamaRandi e-MGM. izakhiwo, ngokubheja okumaphakathi okungaba ngu-$5,000 emidlalweni yetafula.

Isikhalazo siphinde saphawula ukuthi "izisulu eziningi kulolu phenyo zikhonjwe njengabadlali bangaphambili be-MLB nemindeni yabo" nokuthi "abanye babatshalizimali okukholakala ukuthi bangabantu abadala." Iphinde yathi ngenxa yokuthi iZima Digital Assets isathatha utshalomali, isamba semali elahlekele abatshalizimali ayaziwa.

U-Caruso akayena umuntu ongaziwa ekugijimeni nomthetho. Ngokwesheke langemuva le-National Crime Information Center, i-Secret Service ithole ukuthi "unomlando obanzi wobugebengu mayelana nokukhwabanisa nobugebengu bezezimali." Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukuboshwa ngokunikeza umazisi ongamanga ezikhulu zomthetho e-California, ngamacala okuqola e-Florida, kanye nezinhlelo zokukhwabanisa, ukusiza inhlangano yobugebengu, ukushushumbisa imali, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwedivayisi yokuxhumana kagesi ekudayiseni izidakamizwa e-Arizona.

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Omaka: crypto, Cryptocurrency, Ukukhwabanisa, John Caruso, Ponzi, Isikimu sePonzi, Uhlelo, Izikhungo imfihlo, Zachary Salter

Umthombo: https://www.ai-cio.com/news/crypto-ponzi-scheme-took-millions-100-investors/