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Ex-Rugby Star Slammed with Prison Time for $50M Crypto Mining Ponzi—Here’s How It Collapsed
Ex-Rugby Star Slammed with Prison Time for $50M Crypto Mining Ponzi—Here’s How It Collapsed
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Crypto's dark underbelly strikes again—this time with a jock-turned-con artist.
How a sports hero turned into a crypto villain
The ex-athlete promised investors cloud mining riches but delivered old-school fraud instead. Sound familiar? Another 'can't-miss' opportunity that somehow missed spectacularly.
The SEC wasn't playing defense
Regulators intercepted this scheme mid-play, exposing fake contracts and phantom mining rigs. Turns out the only thing being mined was victims' wallets.
When moonboys meet justice
The sentence sends a clear message: The crypto wild west is getting civilized. But let's be real—for every one they catch, three more shitcoin peddlers are still doing victory laps.
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