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Cases / Crypto & digital assets

Bitcoin Savings and Trust

Trendon T. Shavers

ReportedJul 23, 2013
LocationMcKinney, TX
Amount$4,500,000

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Company / entity
Bitcoin Savings and Trust
Industry
Bitcoin arbitrage
How investors were recruited
Bitcoin online forums and website postings
Pitch & red flags
"up to 7 percent weekly interest"; "It's growing, it's growing!"; "I have yet to come close to taking a loss on any deal"; "risk is almost 0"

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

SEC official

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