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Brooklyn, New York - Tuesday, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Krstijan Krstic with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering for his alleged participation in a cryptocurrency scheme in which he solicited U.S. investors using two fraudulent online investment platforms.
Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Kristi K. Johnson, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Los Angeles Field Office (FBI), and Ryan L. Korner, Special Agent-in-Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Los Angeles Field Office (IRS-CI), announced the indictment.
US charges Serbian man behind Steven Seagal-promoted Bitcoiin2Gen scam Business
Authorities in the United States have unveiled charges against a Serbian man who allegedly operated a $7 million cryptocurrency scam. Krstijan Krstic founded Start Options and Bitcoiin2Gen, or B2G, in 2017 and reportedly induced U.S. investors into the scam. Krstic also tapped Steven Seagal to promote his scam, which resulted in the actor settling charges with regulators.
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment against Krstic in a federal court in Brooklyn. It charged him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years’ imprisonment.