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Cases / Crypto & digital assets

CryptoFX LLC, CBT Group LLC

Ismael Zarco Sanchez, Mauricio Chavez, Giorgio Benvenuto

ReportedOct 3, 2022
LocationHouston, TX
Amount$300,000,000

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Company / entity
CryptoFX LLC, CBT Group LLC
Industry
Cryptocurrency and forex trading
How investors were recruited
Houston's Latino community (40,000+ predominantly Latino investors); in-person seminars and community networks
Pitch & red flags
"risk free" and "guaranteed" returns of 15 to 100 percent; "financial freedom and life-altering wealth"

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Source

SEC official

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