🤯 $165M Crypto Ponzi Mastermind — Deported From Fiji!
Edward Zimbardi, 59, Georgia creator of "The Crypto Program."
WHAT HAPPENED:
• Promised 25% monthly guaranteed returns
• 6,000+ investors, $165M collected
• $34M spent on risky forex, $10M on personal expenses
• Used money from new investors to pay old investors
THE ESCAPE:
• Fled to Fiji after finding out about the FBI investigation
• Aug 14, 2026 — deported
CHARGES:
• 12 wire fraud
• 12 money laundering
• 1 conspiracy count
Source: US DOJ

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【$VVV Signal】1H breakout + capital support, longs strike
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$165 Million Crypto Ponzi Collapses: Founder Deported From Fiji
Edward Zimbardi, 59, faced a US federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday after Fiji deported him on August 14.
His "Crypto Program" promised a guaranteed 25% monthly return and pulled $165M+ from over 6,000 investors between 2022 and 2023.
Prosecutors say $34M went into losing forex bets, $10M into a house, luxury cars and alimony, and new deposits paid old investors.
Indicted July 8, 2026: 12 counts wire fraud, 12 counts money laundering, 1 count conspiracy. Presumed innocent until proven guilty.
25% a month is roughly 1,355% a yea

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This guy, Ai Luming, dared to go into business with just 2,000 yuan in his pocket, and somehow built it into a 100-billion-yuan business empire—only to end up in a detention center. The Contemporary Group owed 80.6 billion yuan, nearly 4,000 investors lost everything, and 5.7 billion yuan worth of private direct-financing products blew up— even a screenwriter for a business-war movie wouldn’t dare write something this absurd.
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SYRUP is squeezing inside the descending channel, with the resistance trendline keeping bulls trapped.
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