Taxes
Tax Investigators Identify Potential $1 Billion Crypto Ponzi Scheme
- US, UK other officials identified more than 50 criminal leads
- Investigation announcements could come as soon as this month
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International tax officials have identified more than 50 leads to potential crypto tax crimes that may lead to official investigations in the coming weeks, including one case that could be a $1 billion Ponzi scheme.
Top criminal tax and financial crimes officials from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands, a group known as the J5, met in London this week to share intelligence and data to identify sources of cross-border illegal crypto activity. The officials specifically focused on emerging trends with decentralized finance and nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.