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Imprisonment of Gemcoin Founder $147 Fraudulent Crypto Scheme

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  • According to USFIA’s ponzi and multi-level marketing scheme , the cryptocurrencies were  backed by  non-existent gems which were  traded on the same platform
  • During  2013-2015  he captured  70,000 investors located across the globe, ultimately resulting in a fraud case being  registered against him
  • He was held guilty of tax evasion and wire fraud conspiracy ensuing a minimum imprisonment of 10 years
  • The court  ordered him  to pay a fine of $1,885,094 for tax evasion

The week’s opening day witnesses ten years of California Court’s sentence to Steve Chen, founder of gemcoin. He is accused in the case of defrauding many investors in the scam of investment schemes.

It is one of the biggest and earliest cryptocurrency investment schemes. The federal prison has sentenced him to 10 years.

About Chen and his business

63 Years old Chen  accepted  that he owned   the U.S Fine Investment Arts (USFIA) and peddled gem coins worth $147 million.

Many vulnerable investors got targeted with the advent of Gemcoin along with the false promises of higher returns.  Gemcoin was established as one of the preliminary schemes in the crypto world.

Real-time scenario

After the final judgment, the judges scheduled one more restitution hearing to discuss the compensation for Chen’s victim investors as an entity.

Prosecutors have registered a case against Chen from the report of his mere annual income of $138,000,however, he actually had earned  $4.8 million in the same year. The FBI Assistant Director said  that Mr.Chen tried his level best to lure all the innocent investors globally by creating  dynamic strategies of marketing  cryptocurrency.

Moreover, in the year 2017 , Securities and Exchange Commission settled a civil charge of a lawsuit worth $71 against Chen. The charges got approved when Chen admitted and pledged  that he would liquidate the companies and return all ill-gained funds to the innocent investors who got fooled by him. 

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