Tag: pyramid

2 entries tagged “pyramid”.

• FO

  Forsage

  A 'decentralized' smart-contract investment platform the SEC called a 'textbook pyramid and Ponzi scheme', raising $300M+ (DOJ cited ~$340M). The SEC charged 11 people in 2022.

  ProjectsPonzi / HYIPHigh· $300.0M lost· 2 sources· updated Jun 8, 2026
• HH

  HyperFund / HyperVerse

  A crypto 'membership' scheme (also HyperVerse/HyperNation) promising daily passive rewards from non-existent mining. The SEC cited $1.7B raised; the DOJ described a $1.89B fraud.

  ProjectsPonzi / HYIPCritical· $1.7B lost· 2 sources· updated Jun 8, 2026