BitClub Network - The $722 million+ Bitcoin mining Ponzi Scheme

[sh4wnBTC]

Greetings forums users,
 
first off I want to apologize if this is posted in the the wrong forum thread, but I believe and hope it is correct.

I got involved with the BitClub Network around 2015-2016 and had a good run with it for a while. Made some money, bought more shares, then the entire thing collapsed in the summer/fall of 2019 due to the fact that the whole thing was, unknowingly to me, a huge Ponzi Scheme.

There is official information about the ongoing case and a questionnaire for victims (Reference link 1) which is to be sent to an @fbi.gov email address.
I have filled this out and sent it in back in mid-2020.
I am not a USA citizen, so I have my doubts that any of my "investment" will ever be refunded this way, but it sure doesn't hurt knowing there is a minuscule chance.


My question is really if there are any other members here on the forum, have you been at all contacted by the FBI or any other Departments of Financial Institutions?
Have you sought out any options to get money back either by civil lawsuit, or using one of the numerous "Scam retrieval" companies claiming they can get back your scammed money that has been lost?

I have, and have replied to every request from the US government, as I have nothing to hide and am also very interested in any possibly of getting all or even some of the money I invested back. Yes, I do know this is very unlikely.

But I would really like to hear if there are any other forum members who got lured into this Ponzi scheme and if you have any intentions to follow this case legally or otherwise?


References Links:
1) https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/bitclub
2) https://news.bitcoin.com/us-man-pleads-guilty-in-722-million-bitclub-network-ponzi-scheme-case/
3) https://www.westword.com/news/bitclub-network-was-too-big-to-fail-but-cost-investors-722-million-11642618


Images from the Bitclub Network mining facility they supposedly had and operated located in Iceland:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50840605953_456e5c8165_b.jpg

Video commercial from the Bitclub Network mining facility they supposedly had and operated located in Iceland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAGmDCRDtQ0

BitClub Network Ranks and Mining pools:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50840605973_6959003e3f_b.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50841328121_1bc03961cb_b.jpg

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[odolvlobo]

A group of members of the BitClub network came to a Silicon Valley Bitcoin meetup a few years ago, in 2014 or 2015. I tried to warn them that it was a Ponzi scheme, but they didn't want to believe it.

[gmaxwell]

It was hard to convince people that it wasn't legit when so many people were promoting it, as a result of promotional deals.

Maybe some good resources here: https://behindmlm.com/companies/bitclub-network/bitclub-network-ditch-bitcoin-payments-for-bitcoin-cash/

If you want to recover anything, however, you'll probably have to chase down all the involved parties since the principles seem to have spent or hidden the funds well.

[DewaldSouthAfrica]

Greetings forums users,
 
first off I want to apologize if this is posted in the the wrong forum thread, but I believe and hope it is correct.............

Hi there,

I were "invested" into BCN before everything collpased. I went through the same thing like you did over the course of 2 years until all failed.

I did not hear anything back from the FBI nor have any of my refferals. Let's hold thumbs as myself also invested a few bucks into this ponzi scheme.

Good luck

Dewald From South Africa