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HashFlare Ponzi Founders Get Time Served for $577M Crypto Scheme, Escape Additional Jail
Two Estonian men behind the $577M HashFlare Ponzi have been sentenced to time served after 16 months in custody, forfeiting over $450M in assets. P...
Aug, 13, 2025
3 min read
by Cryptonews
Coinbase Buys Deribit In Biggest Crypto Deal To Date
Coinbase announced Thursday the biggest deal in the crypto industry to date when it said it would buy derivatives exchange Deribit in a $2.9 billio...
May, 08, 2025
2 min read
by Crunchbase
DHS orders HashFlare co-founding duo to leave the U.S. despite court order to stay
Estonians Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin claimed that they were ordered to 'immediately' leave the U.S. by the Department of Homeland Security (...
Apr, 15, 2025
3 min read
by CryptoPolitan
Estonian Nationals Plead Guilty in $577M HashFlare Crypto Ponzi Scheme
Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin’s $577M crypto scam included fake mining contracts and a nonexistent bank, leading to their guilty pleas.
Feb, 15, 2025
2 min read
by CryptoPotato
Two Men Plead Guilty in $577M ‘Massive Multi-Faceted Crypto Ponzi Scheme’
The US authorities described the operation as “a massive, multi-faceted cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that victimized hundreds of thousands of people...
Feb, 14, 2025
3 min read
by Cryptonews
Two Estonian nationals plead guilty in $577 million crypto HashFlare Ponzi scheme
The Estonian pair also founded another venture called Polybius in 2017, a virtual currency bank that promised to pay investors dividends from profi...
Feb, 14, 2025
4 min read
by CryptoPolitan
HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $550 Million Crypto Fraud Case
The co-founders of HashFlare, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a US court.
Feb, 13, 2025
7 min read
by Coinpaper
Six Suspects Charged After Chicago Family Kidnapped for Crypto
Six men were charged in a $15 million crypto kidnapping case, where a family and their nanny were held hostage and forced to transfer digital assets.
Feb, 13, 2025
6 min read
by Coinpaper
US Govt Moves $90 Million in Bitcoin, ETH From Estonian Scammers
In the early US hours, Arkham Intelligence reported that the United States government had transferred over $90 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereu...
Apr, 04, 2024
2 min read
by NewsBTC
Estonian Crypto Fraud Suspects to be Extradited to the US After Previous Court Annulment
Two Estonian crypto fraud suspects may have to be handed over to the United States, after their extradition was once again approved by the governme...
Jan, 27, 2024
1 min read
by CryptoPotato