CoinDeal
Fraud on May 20, 2023 · Scam
What happened
A Nevada man has been charged in connection with his alleged involvement in CoinDeal, an investment fraud scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 victims of more than $45 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. According to court documents, Lee allegedly conspired with Neil Chandran and others to defraud investors of companies controlled by Chandran. Operating under the name "ViRSE," these companies include Free Vi Lab, Studio Vi Inc., ViDelivery Inc., ViMarket Inc., and Skalex USA Inc., among others. Presumably, these companies are developing virtual world technology, including their own cryptocurrency, for use in virtual worlds. Chandran allegedly misled investors by falsely promising extremely high returns on the premise that his company was about to be acquired by a syndicate of wealthy buyers. As further alleged, Lee was the nominal owner and director of ViMarket and was instructed by Chandran on how to transfer received investor funds into ViMarket's bank accounts.
Details
- Date
- May 20, 2023
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- Scam
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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SwanBluechip, "CoinDeal fraud, May 20, 2023: $45M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htca5ad3863e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).