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Crowd1 under regulatory investigation in Norway

The Norwegian Lottery Authority has revealed it has an active investigation into Crowd1. The Lottery Authority first became aware of Crowd1 following several inquiries from the Norwegian public. The Lottery Authority records that Crowd1 is being traded in a pyramid system, but does not currently have sufficient knowledge of the turnover system to be able […]

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Wantage One claims Austrian securities fraud appeal filed

Wantage One claims it has filed appeal against a decision by Austria’s Financial Market Authority. On November 13th the FMA pointed out Wantage One is not registered to offer securities in Austria. Although worded differently, the FMA’s warning effectively constituted a securities fraud cease and desist. Consequently, on November 29th Wantage One announced it was

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Zhunrize Ponzi final judgments top $132 million

Zhunrize and owner Jeff Pan have been hit with $132 million dollar final judgments. Final judgment against Zhunrize and Pan was ordered on November 14th and 13th respectively. As per the orders both Zhunrize and Pan are permanently prohibited from further committing securities fraud. Zhunrize is up for $72,887,552 in disgorgement, plus $23,887,774 in prejudgment

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Traffic Monsoon victim claims process “moving forward”

Following the denial of Charles Scoville’s SCOTUS writ bid, the Receiver has announced the victim claims process is moving forward. The announcement was made in a short update published to the Traffic Monsoon Receivership website: On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Mr. Scoville’s petition requesting review of lower courts’ orders related to Traffic Monsoon.

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Lyoness reported to Norwegian police for criminal offenses

The Norwegian Gaming Board has reported Lyoness to local police. The regulator suspects Lyoness, who also operates at Lyconet and Cashback World, has committed “criminal offenses” across the country. As per a November 19th press-release, the Gaming Board advises Lyoness has been reported to public prosecutors. The Gaming Board’s report includes their investigation into Lyoness’

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Jeffrey Feldman’s DFRF trial scheduled for March 2020

Jeffrey Feldman’s DFRF Enterprises trial has been scheduled for March 2020. The SEC’s initial lawsuit cited Feldman, a convicted felon, as DFRF Enterprises’ fake insurance guy. Jeffrey Feldman is the sole officer and director of Universal Marketing Group, a Florida corporation. He claims to be the U.S. representative of Accedium Insurance Company, which is based

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Second superseding indictment filed in Infinity2Global case

A second superseding indictment has been filed against Richard Maike and the rest of the Infinity2Global defendant scammers. A first superseding indictment was filed back in July 2018. As with the first superseding indictment, there doesn’t appear to be much difference between the second superseding indictment and the original (filed June 2017). The second superseding

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