A Bloomberg article suggests that cryptocurrency's big breakthrough in the country occurred in 2016, when scammers
conducting a long - running
Ponzi scheme known as MMM began demanding payment in bitcoin because the government had started targeting their bank accounts.
Premier Cru Owner Sentenced to Six and a Half Years Behind Bars for Wine
Ponzi Scheme John Fox, the wine store proprietor who admitted to
conducting a
Ponzi scheme for two decades, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to six and a half years in prison...