BitConnect’s Glenn Arcaro has been sentenced to 38 months in jail (simply over 3 years).
Arcaro, as Bitconnect’s US Nationwide Promoter, labored intently with indicted founder Satish Kumbhani.
Along with a gaggle of US based mostly promoters, Arcaro was accountable for BitConnect investor recruitment throughout North America.
The SEC alleged Arcaro stole round $24 million from BitConnect traders.
Following his indictment, Arcaro pled responsible to BitConnect associated legal expenses in late 2021.
Talking on Arcaro’s sentencing, IRS-CI Particular Agent Tyler Hatcher acknowledged;
Glenn Arcaro and his co-conspirators created a world internet of deception and fraud.
IRS-CI and our regulation enforcement companions diligently unraveled this internet of lies, and right this moment’s sentencing is a reminder that fraud doesn’t pay.
You may be caught, and you’ll go to jail.
Arcaro settled parallel civil fraud expenses introduced in opposition to him by the SEC earlier this 12 months.
Between the legal and civil instances in opposition to him, Aracaro surrendered over $56 million in cryptocurrency tied to BitConnect.
BitConnect itself was a multi-billion greenback Ponzi scheme that collapsed in January 2018.
BehindMLM reviewed and recognized BitConnect as a Ponzi scheme in April 2017.