It’d be tricky to define criminal criteria based solely on running a Ponzi scheme so there isn’t a “USC Section #” crime called “Ponzi Scheming”. They just char

It’d be tricky to define criminal criteria based solely on running a Ponzi scheme so there isn’t a “USC Section #” crime called “Ponzi Scheming”. They just charge the various illegal parts of the scheme separately. His charges: Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud—Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1349 Maximum penalty: Twenty years in prison, forfeiture, restitution, and $250,000 fine Wire Fraud—Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1343 Maximum penalty: Twenty years in prison, forfeiture, restitution, and $250,000 fine Conspiracy—Title 18, U.S.C., Section 371 Maximum penalty: Five years in prison, and $250,000 fine Operation of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business—Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1960 Maximum penalty: Five years in prison, forfeiture, and $250,000 fine Money Laundering Conspiracy—Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1956(h) Maximum penalty: Twenty years in prison, forfeiture, and $250,000 fine https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/founder-fraudulent-cryptocurrency-charged-2-billion-bitconnect-ponzi-scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/founder-fraudulent-cryp...