On Thursday, February 10, Cyril Ramaphosa (President of South Africa) announced that the cannabis industry is a significant part of the country's economic plan. His administration plans to open up the domestic cannabis industry to draw in more investors and create thousands of jobs for South Africans. The president disclosed this after the joint sitting of the federation's National Assembly and National Council of Provinces in Cape Town.

A North Carolina man who was permitted to get medical treatment last year before reporting to federal prison wound up in Las Vegas where he allegedly cashed out up to $92,000 at casinos and also visited Hawaii. He was not supposed to travel. Shawn Allen Farmer, 53, of Greenville, recently was ordered to prison. US […]

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The founder of the $3.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme Bitconnect has been charged in the United States. “If convicted of all counts, he faces a maximum total penalty of 70 years in prison,” said the U.S. Department of Justice. Bitconnect’s Founder Could Go to Prison for 70 Years The U.S. Department of Justice […]

In fact, according to some polls we’re talking about 70% of the population is on board of some sort of general cannabis reform. What makes it even more compelling is that the support for cannabis reform is not a partisan thing either. According to Law and Crime – a recent poll shed light on the non-partisan issue about cannabis legalization...

A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty to distributing a heroin and fentanyl mix at Florida’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino parking complex. One person who shot himself up with the drugs died in the November 2019 incident, prosecutors said. The defendant, Nicholas Primo, initially fled from the Hollywood, Fla. casino after he realized the […]

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31-year-old Israel resident Simon Leviev – known allegedly for his notorious fraud schemes as the “Tinder Swindler” – says he has made a lot of his money through crypto investing and legitimate business ventures rather than cheating people. Leviev Explains His Side of the Story In a recent interview, Leviev says he purchased bitcoin when...

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A man who was deported from Norway for offenses including the illegal sale of honey and then threatened to "destroy the entire audiobook industry" in retaliation is said to be plaguing the industry once again from overseas. Nikita Volgin was previously ordered to remove pirated content from his websites but according to police, new ones keep appearing with slightly changed domains.

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A San Diego-based federal grand jury charged Kumbhani for orchestrating an alleged Ponzi scheme via BitConnect’s “Lending Program” among other allegations.

Under new legal interpretation from China’s Supreme People’s Court, raising funds using cryptocurrency is deemed as an illegal activity in the country, according to South China Morning Post.

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Satish Kumbhani remains at large, according to the Department of Justice.

A federal grand jury has indicted BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani with allegedly defrauding $2.4 billion through the crypto Ponzi scheme.

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