{"id":627472,"date":"2026-07-11T01:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/doj-moves-to-dismiss-charges-against-alleged-722m-bitclub-fraudster-report\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T01:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:53:38","slug":"doj-moves-to-dismiss-charges-against-alleged-722m-bitclub-fraudster-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/doj-moves-to-dismiss-charges-against-alleged-722m-bitclub-fraudster-report\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ moves to dismiss charges against alleged $722M BitClub fraudster: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-how-to-spot-an-exit-scam-doj-1.jpg\" alt=\"DOJ moves to dismiss charges against alleged $722M BitClub fraudster: Report\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Goettsche was set to face trial in October for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and selling unregistered securities.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Justice is reportedly moving to drop charges against the founder of BitClub Network, a purported crypto mining platform that allegedly defrauded investors of $722 million between 2014 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>A court filing shows Matthew Goettsche\u2019s attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglaw.com\/public\/desktop\/document\/USAvGOETTSCHEetalDocketNo219cr00877DNJDec052019CourtDocket\/1?doc_id=XHDM94JJ9R833OFP0PANDPB2LU\">wrote<\/a> to New Jersey district court Judge Claire Cecchi on Wednesday, stating that the parties \u201creached an agreement in principle\u201d to resolve the pending charges \u201cbut need time to finalize the terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/content\/pasted-image-1984.png\" width=\"777\" \/><br \/>\n    <em>Goettsche\u2019s attorneys&#8217; letter to New Jersey district court Judge Claire Cecchi. Source: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglaw.com\/public\/desktop\/document\/USAvGOETTSCHEetalDocketNo219cr00877DNJDec052019CourtDocket\/1?doc_id=XHDM94JJ9R833OFP0PANDPB2LU\"><em>Bloomberg Law<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/doj-to-dismiss-charges-against-alleged-722m-bitclub-crypto-fraudster-bloomberg\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Goettsche was set to face trial in October for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and selling unregistered securities. The US Department of Justice is reportedly moving to drop charges against the founder of BitClub Network, a purported crypto mining platform that allegedly defrauded investors of $722 million between 2014 and 2019. A court filing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":627473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-627472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}