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Cases / Crypto & digital assets

1st Million LLC, Smart Partners LLC, Access to Assets LLC

Dennis Mbongeni Jali, John Erasmus Frimpong, Arley Ray Johnson

ReportedAug 28, 2020
LocationMD
Amount$28,000,000

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Company / entity
1st Million LLC, Smart Partners LLC, Access to Assets LLC
Industry
Forex and cryptocurrency trading pool
How investors were recruited
Church communities and African immigrants; posed as pastors and pitched "financial freedom" and support for religious causes
Pitch & red flags
returns "up to 30% per month"; claimed "positive returns of over 1700%"; "400% in six weeks, all live trading in real markets"

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Source

CFTC official

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