The primary Serbian member of Kristijan Krstic’s Ponzi empire has been extradited to the US.
Antonije Stojilkovic was arrested in July 2020 in Belgrade, on behalf of US authorities.
Stojilkovic consented to extradition, and was escorted by FBI brokers to Texas on February 4th.
Stojilkovic is now dealing with costs associated to participation in Krstic’s $70 million+ Ponzi empire.
Stojilkovic’s was indicted in July 2020 by a Grand Jury, on costs of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit cash laundering.
The DOJ has linked Krstijan Krstic’s Ponzi empire to “greater than 20 fraudulent investing platforms”.
These embody Choices Rider, Bancde Choices, Begin Choices, Dragon Mining Tech (made up of Crypto Mining House, Palilula Mining, BTC Dealer On-line, BTC Mining Manufacturing unit and Coin Pool Mining), Trinity Mining, Bitcoiin and Hedger Tech.
In accordance with the DOJ’s February fifth press-release, over a dozen members of Krstic’s Ponzi empire have been indicted.
Mr. Stojilkovic and greater than a dozen different alleged fraudsters have been indicted by a Dallas-based federal grand jury on costs of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit cash laundering in July 2020.
His coconspirators embody Kristijan Krstic, Xenia Faye Atilano Krstic, Marko Pavlovic, Uros Selakovic, and Nenad Krstic, all arrested throughout the Serbian police operation in July.
One U.S. based mostly coconspirator, Haojia Miao, was arrested in California in October 2020.
From their house bases in China, Serbia, and elsewhere, the defendants allegedly focused buyers across the globe – together with a number of in north Texas – soliciting “investments” in binary choices and cryptocurrency mining.
A standard methodology utilized by Krstic (proper) and his accomplices, was the usage of of faux identities to advertise their scams.
The defendants concocted profiles – full with names and pictures, principally feminine – for these non-existent investing firms’ officers and chair individuals, and even used pretend names throughout video convention calls so as to persuade potential buyers the corporate was official.
An early instance of that is “Bob Roberts”, the fictional operator of Choices Rider. Krstic killed off Roberts after Choices Rider collapsed in late 2015.
Presumably pending extradition or Krstic himself, the indictments are presently underneath seal.
What we do know is that if convicted, Krstic and his accomplices are dealing with as much as twenty years in jail every.
As of October 2020, Krstic was combating extradition to the US. The SEC confirmed a couple of days in the past that Krstic is but to be extradited.
Keep tuned as we proceed to trace the case.