The operation had collected at least 700,000 BTC from investors and used new deposits to fund earlier obligations. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission later charged it as a Ponzi scheme and won a federal judgment.
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust closes
Trendon Shavers announced the closure of Bitcoin Savings and Trust after promising unusually high bitcoin-denominated returns.
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