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  "id": 1692233,
  "title": "‘The Crypto Program’ promoter deported from Fiji over alleged $165 million Ponzi scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/the-crypto-program-promoter-deported-from-fiji-over-alleged-165",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:49:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-08-18-the-crypto-program-promoter-deported-from-fiji-over-alleged-165-million-ponzi-scheme-412083"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Fiji deported Edward Zimbardi to the U.S. to face charges over an alleged $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme involving thousands of investors.",
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      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-18T03:21:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Georgia man deported from Fiji to face $165m crypto Ponzi scheme charges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/georgia-man-deported-from-fiji-to-face-165m-crypto-ponzi-scheme",
        "published": "2026-08-18T12:05:56.000Z"
      }
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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."
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