Bitcoin pyramid schemes wreak havoc on Brazil's 'New Egypt'
CABO FRIO, Brazil (AP) ??" In April, Brazil's federal police stormed the helipad of a boutique seaside hotel in Rio de Janeiro state, where they busted two men and a woman loading a chopper with 7 million reais ($1. 3 million) in neatly packed bills. The detainees told police they worked for G. A. S. Consulting & Technology, a cryptocurrency investment firm founded by a former waiter-turned-multimillionaire who is the central figure in what is alleged to be one of Brazil's biggest-ever pyramid...
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