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FollowingSuspected mastermind of a $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme deported from Fiji to the United States
Edward Zimbardi, accused of plotting a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, has been deported to the United States after being deported from Fiji to face federal fraud and money laundering charges.
On Monday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia said Fijian authorities coordinated with the FBI and the State Department to expel Zimbadi last Friday. He was scheduled to appear before a federal district judge in Los Angeles, and prosecutors requested that he be detained while his Georgia case is being tried.
Prosecutors allege that Zimbardi promoted a scam called The Crypto Program between June 2022 and August 2023, which promised a guaranteed 25% monthly return in the name of advertising package investments. Thousands of investors allegedly sent more than $165 million in cryptocurrency to wallets they secretly controlled.
Zimbadi did not buy an advertising package, but instead invested more than US$34 million in risky foreign exchange transactions, used later investor funds to repay early investors, and spent at least US$10 million on personal expenses, including buying a home, luxury cars and paying alimony.
Zimbadi was indicted on July 8 and faces 12 counts of telecommunications fraud, 12 counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to money laundering. Prosecutors allege he fled to Fiji after learning of the FBI investigation and stayed there for more than a year.
