”According to Olofsson, there is another, final reason for encouraging investors in such scams to use cryptocurrency. Investors who use crypto are far less likely to report that they have been a victim of crime to the police. The scammers know this, which is part of their strategy in getting away with the crime. It also makes any investigation by the authorities that much more difficult. This too is part of the risk analysis of the criminals. In short, crimes involving the theft of crypto like this are more or less considered “risk-free” by the perps.””
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Good overview of the juicyfields scam case + its first step.
https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/mark-zuckerberg-sued-for-aiding-and-abetting-aggravated-marijuana-investment-fraud-2850641?
Juicyfields Scam in Vice,
The ’World’s Biggest Cannabis Scam’ Is Totally Unravelling Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are said to have invested in JuicyFields, a firm that pledged to connect online investors with cannabis farms. But now there are suspicions that it was a Ponzi scheme…
SVD today regarding fraud in the tech world. Lars Olofsson and the juicyfieldscase is mentioned for the META lawsuit
https://www.svd.se/a/abOyBd/svd-tech-brief-sam-bankman-fried-fran-ftx-talar-ut-pa-scen? ”Swedish sues Zuck. Is a published advertisement enough to be considered aiding and abetting fraud? That’s the question lawyer Lars Olofsson wants to answer by suing Mark Zuckerberg, Metas CEO, in Luleå District Court. The company Juicy fields used Facebook to attract customers, but turned out to be a scam. Now those who lost their money want redress.”