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Venezuelans go after diamond-backed cryptocurrency Ponzi with $30M lawsuit

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 9:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A group of Venezuelans that moved to the US to “start a new life” are suing a $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that allegedly backed its coins with real diamonds. On Friday last week, a group of Venezuelans submitted a lawsuit claiming they were fraudulently promised massive returns on investments into the supposed diamond-backed cryptocurrency, Argyle Coin, Law360 reports. The perpetrators, Jose Angel Aman, Harold Seigel, and his son Jonathan Seigel, were reportedly running two diamond companies – Natural Diamonds and Eagle Financial – and an associated cryptocurrency business that offered the diamond-backed digital assets. According to the report, the…

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Venezuelans go after diamond-backed cryptocurrency Ponzi with $30M lawsuit

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 9:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A group of Venezuelans that moved to the US to “start a new life” are suing a $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that allegedly backed its coins with real diamonds. On Friday last week, a group of Venezuelans submitted a lawsuit claiming they were fraudulently promised massive returns on investments into the supposed diamond-backed cryptocurrency, Argyle Coin, Law360 reports. The perpetrators, Jose Angel Aman, Harold Seigel, and his son Jonathan Seigel, were reportedly running two diamond companies – Natural Diamonds and Eagle Financial – and an associated cryptocurrency business that offered the diamond-backed digital assets. According to the report, the…

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PRIME CHEAP: Suck your responsibilities away with deez MAD Roomba discounts

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 9:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to PRIME CHEAP, our series about things that are good, cheap, and part of Amazon’s Prime Day sales. Hey, we gotta eat too.  I’m lazy. This is why I’ve been trying to outsource as many of my day-to-day responsibilities as possible to robots. I started with masturbation, and I’ve since extended this policy to vacuuming. But there’s no reason why you couldn’t start the opposite way – and we’ve got the perfect thing to introduce you to the wonders of automation. For Prime Day, Amazon has some wild discounts on a couple of iRobot robo-vacuums: the Roomba 690 and…

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PRIME CHEAP: Suck your responsibilities away with deez MAD Roomba discounts

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 9:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to PRIME CHEAP, our series about things that are good, cheap, and part of Amazon’s Prime Day sales. Hey, we gotta eat too.  I’m lazy. This is why I’ve been trying to outsource as many of my day-to-day responsibilities as possible to robots. I started with masturbation, and I’ve since extended this policy to vacuuming. But there’s no reason why you couldn’t start the opposite way – and we’ve got the perfect thing to introduce you to the wonders of automation. For Prime Day, Amazon has some wild discounts on a couple of iRobot robo-vacuums: the Roomba 690 and…

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PRIME CHEAP: Frag like a frustrated teenager with Logitech’s G502 Proteus gaming mouse at just $35

Jul16
by on July 16, 2019 at 8:37 am
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Gaming mice are great for bringing your best to intense titles that require sharp reflexes and quick maneuvers. Logitech makes some of the most well loved models on the market, and it says its G502 line has been among the best-selling mice ever, since it was first introduced in 2014. The wired G502 Proteus, which is now a couple of years old, is an incredible weapon to have in your arsenal. It’s designed to suit various right-hand grips, features a crazy-accurate 12,000 dpi sensor, 11 programmable buttons, and removable weights to tune it just the way you like. Oh, and you…

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