ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, a California court has ordered five individuals involved in the IcomTech 'Ponzi scheme' to pay over $5 million for fraud and misappropriation of stolen funds through a fake Bitcoin trading scheme.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated in a December 11 announcement that a default judgment found David Carmona, Juan Arellano Parra, Moses Valdez, and David Brend liable for all violations alleged in the complaint (Commodity Exchange Act) and CFTC regulations, while Marco A. Ruiz Ochoa received a consent order.
