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Well that didn’t take long. Just two weeks after being let out of custody, Kristijan Krstic and his wife have violated their release conditions and fled. In July 2020, at the behest of the FBI, Serbian authorities arrested eleven suspects tied to Kristijan Krstic’s $70 million dollar Ponzi empire. Krstic (right) and his wife were […]

After pleading not guilty to four counts of Bitcoiin related fraud in April, a few days ago DeMarr entered a change of plea. Proceedings were held on July 30th, at which DeMarr changed his plea to guilty. Interestingly, DeMarr’s original indictment detailed four counts of fraud. DeMarr’s change of plea applies to the first count

Kristijan Krstic, head of a Ponzi empire that allegedly bilked consumers out of $70 million, has been released from custody. Pending a decision from the European Court of Human Rights, Krstic will remain under house arrest till August 16th. After spending a year behind bars, Krstic (right) is one of three defendants released from custody

Apparently getting sent to prison for running Ponzi scams is a violation of human rights. Or so Krstijan Krstic’s lawyers in Serbia would have you believe. We still don’t have a decision from Serbia’s Minister for Justice, but in the meantime Krstic’s legal team have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). As

A sixteenth defendant has been added to the DOJ’s Kristijan Krstic Ponzi empire fraud case. Jaira David, aka Jenny Liu, Kate Muller and Alice Newtown, was indicted under seal on March 4th, 2020. David’s indictment was made public on July 7th, 2020. David’s indictment is part of the Krstic indictments, meaning the counts of fraud

As part of Bitcoiin criminal proceedings, hundreds of electronic devices seized in Serbia have been turned over to the FBI in Texas. Data stored on the devices is still being processed, resulting in a request to continue the trials of defendants Haojia Miao and Antonije Stojiljkovic. The FBI obtained the devices seized in Serbia via

John DeMarr’s Bitcoiin indictment was filed on March 23rd, 2021. The indictment details four counts of fraud, pertaining to DeMarr’s involvement in Bitcoiin and Start Options. As charged by a Grand Jury in New York, DeMarr has been indicted for Conspiracy to commit securities fraud; Securities fraud; Conspiracy to commit wire fraud; and Conspiracy to

Following a successful appeal last month, the Kristijan Krstic extraditions were punted back to a Serbian High Court. That High Court has now reaffirmed that “that all legal preconditions for extradition have now been determined”. This means that extradition is once again on the cards, pending the outcome of another new appeal. As reported by

The DOJ has been granted an intervention in the SEC’s civil case against Kristijan Krstic, John DeMarr and Robin Enos. The granted intervention is followed by an order staying the case, pending the outcome of parallel criminal proceedings. The stated reason for the DOJ’s intervention request is “the same underlying facts are at issue in