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Cases / Crypto & digital assets

EminiFX Inc.

Eddy Alexandre

ReportedMay 12, 2022
LocationValley Stream, NY
Amount$248,000,000

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Company / entity
EminiFX Inc.
Industry
Cryptocurrency and forex trading platform
How investors were recruited
Affinity fraud via Seventh-day Adventist church network, "ambassador" multi-level referral system, YouTube/church livestreams, in-person galas; EminiFX website marketed it as an automated trading platform
Pitch & red flags
"guaranteed" weekly returns of 5% and 9.99%; investors would "double their money within five months"; compounding to "millionaire status"; multi-tier referral bonuses

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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