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  "id": 1625066,
  "title": "Alleged $165M crypto Ponzi mastermind faces US charges after Fiji deportation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/alleged-165m-crypto-ponzi-mastermind-faces-us-charges-after-fiji",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T03:21:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/edward-zimbardi-165m-crypto-ponzi-fiji-deportation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Prosecutors allege Edward Zimbardi collected crypto from thousands of investors, lost over $34 million on currency trades and spent at least $10 million personally.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Georgia man charged in US with running US$165 million crypto Ponzi scheme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/georgia-man-charged-in-us-with-running-us-165-million-crypto-ponzi",
        "published": "2026-08-17T22:51:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}