Centra Tech: The $25 Million ICO Fraud Sold by Celebrities
From Scam Nation · 8:30
Show by USRavens
In 2017, Centra Tech raised more than twenty-five million dollars selling tokens for a crypto debit card that did not exist, claiming fake Visa and Mastercard partnerships, fake state licenses, and a Harvard-educated CEO who was entirely invented. Harper and Cole unpack the celebrity endorsements from Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled, the SEC crackdown, and the eight-year sentence for founder Sohrab Sharma.
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