Securities and Exchange Commission v. BitConnect et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:21-cv-07349

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Judge:

John G. Koeltl

Government Agencies

  1. March 01, 2022

    SEC Says BitConnect's Indicted Founder Has Fled India

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys say the founder of the defunct crypto marketplace BitConnect, who was just criminally charged with running a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, has fled his native India to a location that "remains unknown."

  2. September 01, 2021

    SEC Sues BitConnect, Founder Over 'Ponzi-Like' $2B Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched an enforcement action Wednesday against the defunct crypto marketplace BitConnect, its founder and the lead promoter of BitConnect's ill-fated $2 billion "lending program."