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HotNews No. 196: Germany Recovers €10.1 Million from OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova – Victims May Now Seek Compensation
Nearly a decade after OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova disappeared, German authorities have announced a significant development in one of the world's most notorious cryptocurrency fraud cases. On October 5, 2026, the Bielefeld Public Prosecutor's Office announced that it...
HotNews No. 195: $185 Million Pre-IPO Investment Scheme- Three “Boiler Room” Operators Sentenced to Prison
Three operators of a major pre-IPO investment scheme have been sentenced to federal prison after raising approximately $185 million from hundreds of investors through funds that promised access to shares in privately held companies expected to go public. On September...
HotNews No. 194: Brand Savage – New AI Branding MLM Raises Questions Over Pay-to-Play Model and AI Claims
A newly launched multi-level marketing company, Brand Savage, is attracting attention over its combination of AI-era branding services, high-priced participation packages and an MLM compensation structure in which earning potential increases according to the package...
HotNews No. 193: MTC Education’s Michael Sloggett Sentenced to 33 Months Over $2.61 Million Crypto Money Laundering Case
Michael Sloggett, a cryptocurrency promoter previously associated with MTC Education, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison in Australia over his involvement in transactions worth approximately $2.61 million connected with the crypto trading...
HotNews No. 192: Trevon James to Pay Nearly $2 Million in BitConnect SEC Case
More than five years after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed proceedings against several BitConnect promoters, another major part of the case has reached a conclusion. Trevon Brown, better known online as Trevon James, has been ordered to pay nearly $2...
HotNews No. 191: SEC Opens New Administrative Proceedings Against NewAge Years After Its Collapse
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated new administrative proceedings against NewAge, Inc., the former parent company of Ariix, years after the company entered bankruptcy. The latest action concerns NewAge's failure to maintain required periodic...
HotNews No. 190: One Trade Collapses and Reappears as NeoBank: Investors Asked to Move Their Losses to a New Platform
The collapse of One Trade has reportedly been followed by the launch of a new platform called NeoBank, continuing a pattern that previously saw the failed Arbcore investment scheme replaced by One Trade. Investors are now being encouraged to migrate to the new...
HotNews No. 190: Suspected Members of “INF” Ransomware Group Arrested in Serbia
Serbian police have arrested three suspected members of a hacker group known as the “INF Group”, which has been linked to a series of ransomware attacks targeting government institutions, companies and other organisations in Serbia and across the region. The suspects...
HotNews No. 189: Bancus Under Scrutiny: Unlicensed Banking, MLM Recruitment and Digital Share Concerns
A recent investigation into Bancus has raised serious questions about the platform’s banking activities, MLM structure and promotion of digital shares, as well as the background of individuals associated with the project. Bancus presents itself as a financial platform...