The fraud left nearly 500 investors out more than $11 million in cash and a mix of established cryptocurrencies that they had plunked into a purported crypto-mining operation — with the promise of up to 200% gains within 60-to-90 days.
It was a crypto scam straight out of a Steven Seagal movie, featuring the action film star himself, a private eye, a staged kidnapping and millions of dollars that vanished into thin air.
But instead of reaping huge returns, the money was funneled into accounts overseas controlled by Kristijan Krstic, an accused Serbian-Australian huckster living in the Philippines with a history of fraud allegations, federal prosecutors and investigators with the SEC say. Investigators say DeMarr joined forces with Krstic in 2017 to launch Start Options, an online investment platform that provided cryptocurrency mining, trading, and digital asset trading services. Because Krstic had been accused of running Ponzi schemes in Australia and Canada in the past, he assumed the alias of Felix Logan for the scheme, serving as Start Options’ chief financial officer, the SEC said.
The outfit purported that it ran giant crypto-mining farms in China and could deliver between 25% and 200% returns within two months, depending on how much money was invested. Investors were provided with false statements showing their money was growing, despite the fact it hadn’t actually hadn’t been invested in anything, prosecutors said.
Enter Steven Seagal This is when Steven Seagal, star of martial arts and action films like “Under Siege” and “Above the Law,” made his appearance, surfacing in promotional materials for B2G. Seagal later agreed to pay more than $300,000 in fines for unlawfully touting a security by failing to disclose he had been paid for his endorsement. At the time of the agreement, Seagal said in a statement that he backed away from the arrangement when he began having doubts about the “bona fides of the company.” He said he was only paid part of the $250,000 fee.
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