YL-001 · 2019
Crypto Ponzi · China
PlusToken — China’s $3 Billion Crypto Pyramid Unraveled Blockchain by Blockchain
2.7 million · Convicted
YL-002 · 2018
Crypto Ponzi · India / Global
Bitconnect — The Lending Program That Was Never Lending Anything
Hundreds of thousands globally · At-Large
YL-003 · 2017
Crypto Ponzi · Bulgaria / Global
OneCoin — A Fake Blockchain, $4 Billion Collected, and a Cryptoqueen Who Vanished
~3.4 million globally · At-Large
YL-004 · 2021
Crypto Ponzi · South Africa / Global
Mirror Trading International — The Automated Forex Bot That Never Traded
471,000+ deposits; investors across 200+ countries · Convicted
YL-005 · 2022
Crypto Ponzi · Australia / Global
HyperFund — Three Names, One Scheme, $1.89 Billion Gone
Hundreds of thousands globally · Convicted
YL-006 · 2020
Crypto Ponzi · China
WoToken — PlusToken’s Sequel Stole Another Billion Before It Could Be Stopped
715,249 · Convicted
YL-007 · 2018
Crypto Ponzi · Germany / UAE
USI-Tech — Bitcoin Packages, 140% Promises, and a $150 Million Disappearing Act
Tens of thousands globally · At-Large
YL-008 · 2021
Crypto Ponzi · Russia / Global
Forsage — The Smart Contract Was the Fraud
Hundreds of thousands globally · Convicted
YL-009 · 2024
Crypto yield scheme · United States / Haiti
NovaTech — A $650 Million MLM Pyramid That Wore the Clothes of a Forex Firm
200,000+ · Convicted
YL-010 · 2018
Crypto yield scheme · Belize / Brazil / United States
Trade Coin Club — A Global Bitcoin Ponzi That Hid Behind a Trading Bot
100,000+ · Convicted
YL-011 · 2018
Crypto yield scheme · India
GainBitcoin — India’s Largest Crypto Fraud Collapsed Before It Could Be Tried
~8,000 documented investors · Convicted
YL-012 · 2020
Crypto yield scheme · Singapore / Malaysia / Australia
Cloud Token — The AI Wallet That Paid Returns Until the Founders Vanished
Hundreds of thousands · At-Large
YL-013 · 2022
Crypto yield scheme · United States
IcomTech — A Trading Club Targeting Immigrant Savers Collapsed into Conviction
~190 investors (documented victims) · Convicted
YL-014 · 2019
Crypto yield scheme · Thailand
Crypto888 Club — A Thai Pyramid’s Daily Returns Evaporated With Its Operators
Estimated tens of thousands, primarily South and Southeast Asian · At-Large
YL-015 · 2022
Crypto yield scheme · Brazil / United States
EmpiresX — The One Percent Daily Promise That Ended in Federal Prison
Thousands of US and international investors · Convicted