The crypto exchange platform allegedly misrepresented to investors that it would deploy their funds to trade bitcoin using a proprietary bot.
Recent examples show Ponzi schemes are still very prevalent and leave significant investor losses and hardships in their wake.
The owners of DC Solar raised nearly $910 million by selling investors solar generators that did not exist, the SEC said.
Nicholas Gelfman allegedly solicited investors with false claims that he would generate a 7% to 9% monthly return from a fund for trading Bitcoin.
As of Friday, Renwick Haddow, who also founded a scam bitcoin platform, was on the run and considered a fugitive.
James Merrill admits to participating in a Ponzi scheme that promised annual returns of 200% or more to "promoters" of TelexFree's internet phone service.
Merrill Robertson and his partner in an investment firm allegedly stole from investors to finance their "luxurious" lifestyles.
The SEC says JSG Capital targeted retail investors, promising high-return investment opportunities “previously only available to the one-percenters.”
The former chairman of a Jamaican call center company allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme that raised $10 million from at least 21 investors.
Aequitas Management's ex-CFO and other top executives allegedly raised $350 million from investors while concealing the group's dire financial problems.
The Ezubao online lending platform allegedly bilked nearly one million investors, raising concerns over confidence in the security of such investments.
The settlement averts a trial of investor claims that PwC failed to properly audit the books of the largest operator of "feeder funds" to Madoff.
