Jingde Court has concluded a case involving a pyramid scheme related to virtual currency, with an amount involved of approximately 6.39 million yuan

ChainCatcher news, according to the official WeChat account of Jingde County People's Court, the Jingde Court recently concluded a case involving the organization and leadership of pyramid selling activities related to virtual currency.

It is reported that Xu (handled in another case) planned to develop the "Mobius" project, which involved issuing and promoting MBUS (Mobius) virtual currency, cards, etc. Several individuals required participants to purchase and hold MBUS coins, NFT cards, and MSS coins under the guise of investing in virtual currency and derivative project trading. They actively developed downline personnel through "referral" methods and organized a hierarchical structure in a certain order, directly or indirectly using the number of developed personnel, the amount and quantity of purchased virtual currency and cards as the basis for compensation or rebates, defrauding participants of a total of over 964,300 USDT (1 USDT is approximately equal to 1 USD, equivalent to about 6.39 million RMB).

After the incident, it was identified that the wallet addresses of MBUS coin holders recorded 29,280 entries, with a total referral hierarchy of 48 levels. The individuals involved, including Li, Xiang, Huang, and four others, were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from two to three years, with probation and fines imposed.