The men have been charged with 18 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, and they each face a maximum of 20 years behind bars.
I always say that these sort of individuals deserve proper punishment, and 20years behind bars seem like enough to discourage any other person planning to start a ponzi scheme. These kind of people have caused people a lot of pains and have contributed to people's difficulty in believing that cryptocurrency is different from ponzi schemes.