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Profit Connect Founder Convicted in $24 Million AI Crypto Fraud

A federal jury found Brent Kovar guilty on 15 counts for duping at least 400 investors with false guarantees.

Priya Nair

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Profit Connect Founder Convicted in $24 Million AI Crypto Fraud
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Key takeaways

  • Brent Kovar was convicted on 15 federal counts over the Profit Connect fraud scheme.
  • The scam defrauded at least 400 investors out of $24 million.
  • Kovar lied about having safe reserves and artificial intelligence trading tech.

A federal jury just convicted Profit Connect owner Brent Kovar on 15 counts for running a $24 million crypto scam.

Fake tech, missing reserves

Federal prosecutors put together an airtight case against Kovar. They showed how he duped at least 400 investors with bogus claims and fake promises about how his company operated. Kovar pitched clients on an artificial intelligence setup that supposedly traded crypto to pump out safe returns. On top of that, he claimed financial reserves backed everyone's cash.

Total fiction. There were zero reserves, and the AI trading tech was completely made up to pull in cash from everyday retail investors.

Why it matters

Grifters love latching onto trendy buzzwords. Mix artificial intelligence with crypto and suddenly wild returns sound plausible to everyday traders. But let's be real: legitimate crypto trading carries heavy risk. Any platform dangling guaranteed profits behind a secret trading bot is taking you for a ride.

Source: CryptoSlate

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Priya Nair

Priya covers the AI side of crypto — agent tokens, decentralised compute and where the two industries actually meet.

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