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RE: LeoThread 2024-01-20 05:17

in LeoFinance • 10 months ago

🧵 1. Founder of crypto firm USI Tech charged with defrauding investors of $150M in illegal scheme. Promised 140% returns, then shut down platform and stole assets. Arrested in Miami. #crypto

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🧵 2. Horst Jicha, German founder, claimed USI was world's first automated Bitcoin platform. Raised money with aggressive marketing. Closed platform and fled country, leaving $150M of investor assets missing.

🧵 3. Jicha faces charges of securities fraud, money laundering, wire fraud. Could face up to 20 years in prison. US office and FBI ensured his arrest. Lawyer for Jicha yet to comment.

Crypto exchange scams investors.

Shock and horror.