CFTC charges South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading International with a $1.7B fraud, in its "largest ever fraud scheme case involving bitcoin" (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:CFTC charges South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading International with a $1.7B fraud, in its “largest ever fraud scheme case involving bitcoin”  —  MTI's self-described CEO was recently detained in Brazil on an Interpol warrant, the regulator said.

CFTC charges South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading International with a $1.7B fraud, in its "largest ever fraud scheme case involving bitcoin" (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:
CFTC charges South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading International with a $1.7B fraud, in its “largest ever fraud scheme case involving bitcoin”  —  MTI's self-described CEO was recently detained in Brazil on an Interpol warrant, the regulator said.