ORF-E
English
1 x 45 mins
Worldwide

Whilst governments, economies and national banks across the world were discussing how to handle the rise of cryptocurrencies in 2018, a fraud running into the hundreds of millions came to light: the Optioment scam, with 10,000 victims in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. This led to the strengthening of regulations governing Bitcoin and similar currencies. Since then the trail of the Optioment case has uncovered some powerful international backers.