South African BTC Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Succumbs to Heart Attack While Detained in Brazil
Johann Steynberg, the mastermind behind a South African bitcoin Ponzi scheme, recently died of a heart attack while under house arrest on a farm in Brazil. According to his Brazilian wife, Steynberg left no will and had...
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