Efrain Betancourt, Jr., 36, a Colombian citizen, was arrested on Nov. 14, upon entering the United States and charged in South Florida federal court with leading a $66 million Ponzi scheme disguised as a payday loan company, Sky Group USA, LLC (Sky Group).
Crypto just makes it way easier because of the (pseudo-) anonymity.
It’s not anonymous by default, but if you want to be you can figure out how, and it probably makes it much easier to get away with scams like this.