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Russians accused of using DeFi platform for $340 million Ponzi scheme
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Four Russian nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Oregon this week for their involvement in a decentralized finance (DeFi) cryptocurrency investment platform that the Justice Department believes was a Ponzi scheme.
Vladimir Okhotnikov, Olena Oblamska, Mikhail Sergeev and Sergey Maslakov are accused of running Forsage, a DeFi project that they marketed and raised $340 million for through investors across the globe.
According to the DOJ, the four built measures into the platform’s code that diverted funds from …
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