Scams & Ponzis

BitConnect's 'wasa wasa', OneCoin's cryptoqueen, QuadrigaCX, CryptoZoo and the rug pulls.

Part of Crypto

38 moments in this segment.

1. 2017-10-01 — The Bitcoin Killer | Episode 2 | The Missing Cryptoqueen. Not all is as it seems with Dr Ruja's revolutionary cryptocurrency, OneCoin.
2. 2017-10-01 — Dr Ruja | Episode 1 | The Missing Cryptoqueen. BBC Podcasts
3. 2017-10-01 — The Missing Cryptoqueen: Dead or Alive? - BBC World Service Documentaries. BBC World Service
4. 2017-10-01 — Follow the Money | Episode 9 | The Missing Cryptoqueen. The search for Dr Ruja is back on. A lot has happened since Episode 8.
5. 2017-10-01 — Where did Dr Ruja Ignatova go? | Trailer | The Missing Cryptoqueen. BBC Podcasts
6. 2017-10-01 — What Dreams May Come True | Episode 5 | The Missing Cryptoqueen. BBC Podcasts
7. 2017-10-01 — How Cryptoqueen's Chinese victims lost homes, lifesavings in Bitcoin scam | The World | ABC News. ABC News (Australia)
8. 2017-11-19 — WASO BEECONNEE. Dawnfall
9. 2018-01-16 — BITCONNECT EDM REMIX (FULL SONG). Dylan Locke
10. 2018-01-16 — Full Video Of Carlos Matos At Bitconnect Event In Thailand BITCONNNEEEEEEECT. Legacy Content Videos
11. 2018-01-16 — BITCONNECT INDIAN GUY BCCEEEEE. RevoOnRev1337
12. 2018-01-16 — Bitconnect Annual Ceremony High Lights ( Carlos Matos from N.Y. ). chronosceptor
13. 2019-08-15 — PlusToken Ponzi Scam Steals $3Billion In Crypto. BLOCKTV NEWS
14. 2019-12-09 — The PlusToken Scam was the biggest ponzi since Bernie Madoff. BLOCKTV NEWS
15. 2021-09-10 — Exposing Logan Paul's New Crypto "Art". Coffeezilla
16. 2021-11-01 — Today’s Top Crypto News 11/01/21 BINANCE SQUID COIN SCAM RUG PULL. One Minute Crypto News
17. 2021-11-01 — How the Squid Game Token Rug Pull Was Engineered. TechGaged
18. 2021-11-04 — Squid Game But It's a Crypto Scam. Coffeezilla
19. 2022-02-22 — Woman loses $390,000 of inheritance in crypto romance scam. CBS Mornings
20. 2022-03-09 — Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King | Official Trailer | Netflix. Netflix
21. 2022-04-02 — Netflix’s ‘Crypto King’ Brings QuadrigaCX Story to the Mainstream. CoinDesk
22. 2022-04-09 — Netflix Crypto King Documentary Participant On Relationship with Gerald Cotton. CoinDesk
23. 2022-09-21 — Investigating "Pig Butchering": Crypto's New Long-Game Financial Con | Forbes Digital Assets. Forbes
24. 2022-12-20 — The Biggest Fraud in Logan Paul’s Scam. Coffeezilla
25. 2023-01-27 — The Gerald Cotten Mystery. Ponzi Scheme or Exit Scam?. Cyber Crime Junkies
26. 2023-03-07 — The Pig Butchering Romance Scam - BBC World Service Documentaries. BBC World Service
27. 2023-07-02 — Is there a meaningful solution to stopping scammers and financial fraud? | 60 Minutes Australia. 60 Minutes Australia
28. 2023-11-01 — Breaking News: SafeMoon Executives Charged by SEC for ‘Massive. Crypto World Daily
29. 2023-11-02 — SEC Charges Crypto Company SafeMoon. Channels Television
30. 2023-11-02 — DOJ arrests SafeMoon executives for fraud. Sky News Australia
31. 2023-11-04 — SafeMoon Execs Arrested By DOJ for Fraud. Bankless
32. 2023-12-27 — Crypto Firm SafeMoon Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know. CoinDesk
33. 2024-08-05 — Logan Paul Sued Me. Coffeezilla
34. 2024-08-08 — ‘Pig butchering’ scammers target BBC reporter - BBC World Service. BBC World Service
35. 2024-08-25 — Human trafficking victims tortured into scamming innocent people | 60 Minutes Australia. 60 Minutes Australia
36. 2025-03-11 — The Bitcoin Scam of the Century. Best Documentary
37. 2025-11-11 — Chinese fraud mastermind jailed in UK for laundering bitcoin | REUTERS. The mastermind of a vast Ponzi scheme in China that defrauded nearly 130,000 investors has been jailed in Britain for over 11 years for laundering the fraud’s proceeds into cryptocurrency now worth billions of dollars.
38. 2026-01-12 — The Mastermind Behind the Disappearance of $190 Million: Gerald Cotten. Cipher Lore Studio