The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted executives of OmegaPro, including founder Michael Shannon Sims and Juan Carlos Reynoso, in connection with a $650 million global fraud scheme involving cryptocurrency and foreign exchange trading. The scheme promised investors returns of up to 300% and involved lavish events in Dubai to lure thousands of victims. Separately, Nicholas Truglia, a convicted crypto fraudster, had his prison sentence increased from 18 months to 12 years after failing to repay $20 million in restitution to his victim. In other related enforcement actions, a Dutch drug lord known as Jos Leijdekkers, or "Bolle Jos," had nearly âŹ96 million of his assets seized by authorities, and a Dutch businessman forfeited R13.4 million after defrauding a bank with a fraudulent loan. Additionally, one Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy has been charged and another pleaded guilty in a case related to a crypto crime figure dubbed the "Crypto Godfather."
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