: In early December 2021, Halo investigators evaluated the website, genesiscryptocapital.com to determine if it was using Genesis Trading’s Name, Image, or Likeness (NIL) to conduct an imposter scam. A review of the site did not uncover any use of Genesis Trading’s NIL, but it did appear the website is being used to conduct a cryptocurrency investment scam.

The phone numbers and addresses associated with the company were inactive, vacant, a shared working space, and in one case a local branch of a Chase bank.

Most interestingly, the Bitcoin address affiliated with the website has transacted 165 times on the blockchain with more than $250,000 worth of bitcoin being received by the address. The wallet has moved all of its bitcoin directly to a wallet associated with the exchange Binance, indicating a potential location where the scammer’s Know Your Customer (KYC) information would be held