Hack history / 2022 / Fraud
U.S. Department of Justice charges founders of the $100 million EmpiresX ponzi scheme
Fraud on Jun 30, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$100M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Jun 30, 2022
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "U.S. Department of Justice charges founders of the $100 million EmpiresX ponzi scheme fraud, Jun 30, 2022: $100M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htff8f025a9e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).