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Georgia man deported from Fiji to face $165m crypto Ponzi scheme charges

A man from Flowery Branch, Georgia, has been deported from Fiji to face charges in his home state accusing him of defrauding more than 6,000 investors and causing more than $165m of losses in ⁠a cryptocurrency Ponzi ⁠scheme, the ​US…

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Aug 18, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC · 1 min de leitura

Georgia man deported from Fiji to face $165m crypto Ponzi scheme charges
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A man from Flowery Branch, Georgia, has been deported from Fiji to face charges in his home state accusing him of defrauding more than 6,000 investors and causing more than $165m of losses in ⁠a cryptocurrency Ponzi ⁠scheme, the ​US attorney in Atlanta said on Monday.

Edward Zimbardi, 59, was indicted on 12 counts of ⁠wire fraud, 12 counts of money laundering and one count of money-laundering conspiracy.

Prosecutors said Zimbardi pitched The ⁠Crypto Program as a means to purchase online advertising packages, offering a guaranteed 25% ​monthly rate of return on ‌an initial $550 investment.

However, instead ‌of buying advertising packages, Zimbardi allegedly lost tens of millions of dollars betting ‌on foreign currency and spent at least $10m on personal expenses, including a house for one of his sons and alimony payments). He also purportedly used new money to repay earlier investors.

Prosecutors said the alleged scheme ran from June 2022 to August 2023.

They said Zimbardi fled to Fiji ‌in July 2025 after learning that the FBI was scrutinizing him – and that he skipped the May wedding of one of his sons ​in Virginia after correctly suspecting that agents might try to arrest him.

Investigators traveled to Fiji to escort him back to the US, arriving in Los Angeles.

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