Options Rider

Following a guilty plea entered back in November 2021, Antonije Stojilkovic has been sentenced to 36 months in prison. Stojilkovic was part of Krstijan Krstic’s $70 million+ Ponzi empire. These included the schemes Options Rider, Bancde Options, Start Options, Dragon Mining Tech (made up of Crypto Mining Space, Palilula Mining, BTC Trader Online, BTC Mining Factory and Coin Pool Mining), Trinity Mining, Bitcoiin and Hedger Tech. …

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John DeMarr, a central figure in Kristijan Krstic’s Ponzi empire, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. DeMarr has also been ordered to pay back $3.5 million in restitution. DeMarr worked with Kristijan Krstic and other scammers to defraud consumers through Start Options, Dragon Mining and Bitcoiin. DeMarr, 58, was indicted back in March …

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Krstic Ponzi empire defendant Jaira David has been sentenced to three years in prison. Upon release David will be subject to two years of supervised release. He’s also been ordered to pay $380,000 in restitution. David, who scammed under the aliases Jenny Liu, Kate Muller and Alice Newton, was indicted back in March 2020. Criminal …

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The SEC is going after the BitCoiin Ponzi scheme’s Compliance Officer and a purported legal advisor. After receiving permission from the court (the case is currently stayed), the SEC filed an amended complaint naming Keith Gooselaw and Jeffrey Gold as additional defendants. BitCoiin was part of Kristijan Krstic’s $70 million Ponzi empire. Krstic and accomplices …

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Bitcoiin defendant John Demarr will surrender $3,513,305.14 as part of his plea deal with the DOJ. DeMarr’s forfeiture agreement is detailed in a letter motion filed on December 21st, 2021. The motion includes an attached proposed order, which identifies the $3.5 million as being derived from DeMarr’s criminal conduct. The order states ‘the Forfeiture Money …

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A Forfeiture Notice has been added to Kristijan Krstic’s Ponzi empire indictment. The addition was made through a second superseding indictment, filed on December 28th. As per the Forfeiture Notice, if convicted, Kristijan Krstic (right) and fellow defendants will have to give up a four-room apartment with garage spaces in Belgrade, Serbia; two family residential …

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Haojia Miao has pled guilty to one count of wire fraud. Miao (aka Haljia Miao and Stan Miao), is part of Kristijan Krstic’s Ponzi empire. He was arrested in California in October 2020. Count one of Miao’s indictment sees him admit he and others, helped create, promote, market, and organize fraudulent investment platforms, including Option Giants, …

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Antonije Stojiljkovic and Jaira David have pled guilty to charges related to Krisitijan Krstic’s Ponzi empire. Stojiljkovic’s plea agreement was filed on November 23rd. David’s on November 29th. Stojiljkovic was arrested in July 2020 and extradited to the US in February. Stojiljkovic was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to …

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Due to the complex nature of the case, the Bitcoiin criminal trial has been pushed back to March 14th, 2022. As stated in an October 27th order; The Court has considered factors which indicate that its failure to grant this motion would deny counsel for defendants reasonable time necessary for effective preparation, taking into account …

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