Man Convicted in $24 Million AI Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme

2026-08-27

A Las Vegas man has been convicted of operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 400 investors out of an estimated $24 million. The scheme falsely claimed to use a supercomputer for cryptocurrency mining.

Source: Decrypt

Reported by VERA Newswire.

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