Gutemberg Dos Santos
Co-founder of the ~$100M AirBit Club crypto pyramid scheme. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2023 to 40 months in prison, with forfeiture of assets.
Also known as: Gutemberg Silva Dos Santos
Bio
Gutemberg Dos Santos co-founded AirBit Club with Pablo Renato Rodriguez in 2015 and served as a primary promoter of the scheme, which the SDNY said defrauded victims of roughly $100 million through false promises of guaranteed crypto mining and trading returns. [1][2]
Legal outcome
Dos Santos pleaded guilty and, on October 4, 2023, was sentenced to 40 months in prison, with forfeiture of assets. He and Rodriguez had previously paid $1.7 million to settle SEC charges over a separate scheme (Vizinova). [1][2]
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Linked scams & cases
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See also
- Blockchain Terminal (BCT)TokensA 2017–2018 ICO (BCT tokens, ~$30M) for a 'Blockchain Terminal' — a Bloomberg-style crypto trading terminal. The SEC and DOJ said convicted ex-hedge-funder Boaz Manor secretly ran it under a fake identity ('Shaun MacDonald'), using associate Edith Pardo as a front, and lied about the product's adoption.
- Profit ConnectProjectsA Las Vegas company that the SEC said was a $12M+ Ponzi scheme: it told 277+ investors their money would be invested in securities and crypto via an 'artificial intelligence supercomputer' guaranteeing 20–30% annual returns. The SEC halted it in 2021; over 90% of funds came from investors.
- Dropil (DROP)Tokens
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