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Matthew Goettsche
Named by the U.S. DOJ as a primary organizer of BitClub Network, a Bitcoin 'mining pool' scheme that took at least $722M. Charged with wire-fraud and unregistered-securities conspiracies.
Bio
Matthew Brent Goettsche was named by the U.S. DOJ as a primary organizer of BitClub Network, which solicited money for shares in purported Bitcoin "mining pools" and rewarded recruitment. The DOJ says the scheme took at least $722 million. [1][2]
Status
Goettsche was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to sell unregistered securities. These are allegations; defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted. [1][2]
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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.
- Dropil (DROP)TokensAn ICO for the DROP token built around a fake 'Dex' trading bot. The SEC said it raised ~$1.9M while claiming $54M from 34,000 investors, and that the founders falsified evidence during the probe. Founders Jeremy McAlpine and Zachary Matar pleaded guilty to securities fraud (36 and 30 months).
- CluCoin (CLU)Tokens
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