Tag: cryptocurrency scam
James Robert Smith, Wire Fraud, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read A slick Texas con man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for running a brazen cryptocurrency scam that swindled nearly 1,000 investors out of $20 million in Chicago. Robert Dunlap, 55, of Houston, claimed to operate a cryptocurrency business that sold a digital asset called ‘Meta-1 Coin’ through a…
Luciano Schipelliti, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2018
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Manitowoc Man Indicted in Child Porn Case SEE ALSO: New Rochelle Grifter Gets 37 Months HAVERHILL, MA – Luciano Schipelliti, 28, is facing a wire fraud charge after allegedly fleecing investors out of $700,000 through two failed cryptocurrency ventures, federal prosecutors say. Schipelliti started the Superstars Fund in late 2018,…
