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May 9, 2024

Investigative Report: Allegations of Money-Laundering, Tax Fraud, and Compliance Issues Against Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid.

Investigative reports published by Shana Dovi on Medium has raised serious allegations against CoinsPaid, an Austrian crypto payment processor operated under Dream Finance OÜ via Estonia. The report outlines a complex scenario of financial misconduct, fraud, and regulatory evasion allegedly orchestrated by the company's management and its shadow stakeholders. Allegedly, the Austrian beneficial owner is only a frontman for the Belarussian people.

July 3, 2023

Estonian Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid Claims A Strong Growth (Again) Without Providing Details!

Crypto payment processor CoinsPaid operates through legal entities in Estonia, Lithuania, and El Salvador. Dream Finance OÜ, the operating entity holding a crypto license in Estonia, is controlled by Austrian entrepreneur Alexander Horst Riedinger and led by Max Krupyshev as CEO. CryptoProcessing is another brand also operated by the Estonian entity. In a new press release, CoinsPaid said that its "spring numbers" 2023 exploded again in a YoY comparison.

High-risk payment processors

March 17, 2023

Strange! Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid Does ‘Not Announce’ Audited 2021 Numbers!

Crypto payment processor CoinsPaid operates through legal entities in Estonia, Lithuania, and El Salvador. Dream Finance OÜ, the operating entity, which holds a crypto license in Estonia, is controlled by Austrian entrepreneur Alexander Horst Riedinger and led by Max Krupyshev as CEO. In a new press release, CoinsPaid claims to announce 2021 numbers audited by Crowe Global. The truth is that the company does not announce any number.

February 9, 2023

Impressive: Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid Disclosed A Billion Euro Transaction Volume!

Crypto payment processor CoinsPaid operates through legal entities in Estonia, Lithuania, and El Salvador. Through Dream Finance OÜ, it holds a crypto license in Estonia. The company is controlled by Austrian entrepreneur Alexander Horst Riedinger and led by Max Krupyshev as CEO. In a press release, CoinsPaid said it processed a transaction volume of around €3 billion in Q4 2022. This is an increase of more than 30% compared to Q4 2021. CoinsPaid claims that its payment gateway processes allegedly about 8% of global on-chain Bitcoin transactions.

August 24, 2022

The Silent Giant: Meet #1 High-Risk Crypto Payment Facilitator CoinsPaid Group!

We warned against the scam Global Trader broker a few weeks ago where we found CryptoProcessing as one of the payment facilitators. In a statement, CryptoProcessing, part of the CoinsPaid group, admitted that they were briefly involved in the scam environment through their UK partner Charge Money Ltd but immediately terminated the business relationship after our warning. Our initial CryptoProcessing review discovered that this is supposedly the leading crypto payment facilitator in online gambling. A silent giant!

US Treasury Forgives Ukraine Looters!

On 26 September 2024, the United States Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ‘FinCEN’ made the astonishing decision to drop sanctions against ABLV Bank of Latvia. ABLV was sanctioned in 2018 for a list of reasons, including helping Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich’s bagman, Serhiy Kurchenko, steal billions of dollars from Ukraine.

Gurbir Grewal’s Departure from the SEC: His New Position and Potential Impact on Crypto Regulation!

Gurbir S. Grewal, the former Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has left his position to join Milbank LLP, one of the most innovative and prestigious law firms globally. This transition from his high-profile regulatory role to private practice is likely to have lasting implications, particularly on the SEC’s enforcement strategy in the crypto sector.

Warning Against The Imminent Danger of Pig Butchering For The Dawning Cyber Society!

Pig butchering scams are a devastating form of cybercrime that blend romance and investment fraud, leaving victims emotionally and financially shattered. These sophisticated operations, run by organized crime syndicates, often exploit human trafficking victims as unwilling scammers. The perpetrators meticulously cultivate trust over months, luring targets into fraudulent cryptocurrency investments through fake platforms.

MLM Schemes

Latest Arrests in $4 Billion Forex AI Fraud Scheme OmegaPro and the Austrian Connection!

FinTelegram has reported on the fraudulent crypto MLM schemes OMNIA Tech and OmegaPro several times in the past. This week, various media outlets have reported the arrest of Robert Velghe in Turkey, who has played a crucial role in both scams. The OmegaPro MLM scam is believed to have stolen around $4 billion from victims worldwide. Here is our update with a request for additional information from whistleblowers.

Crypto MLM Scam: David Carmona Sentenced to 121 Months for IcomTech Crypto Ponzi Scheme!

iComTech was one of the numerous fraudulent MLM schemes that used cryptocurrencies as a means of fraud in parallel with the crypto hype of 2017/18. David Carmora started IcomTech in approximately 2018 with other co-conspirators as a purported cryptocurrency mining and trading company. The scheme promised to earn its victims high profits and guaranteed daily returns that would double their money within six months.