NY Court allows further continuance in case targeting Ponzi fraudster Renwick Haddow

Maria Nikolova

This is the sixth continuance granted in the case against Haddow, known for his Ponzi and Bitcoin scams.

Another continuance has been granted in the case against against Renwick Haddow, known for his Ponzi and Bitcoin scams. The order for the continuance was signed on October 12th, but was made available to FinanceFeeds late on Monday, October 15th.

The continuance was requested by the US Government. Their motion states that counsel for Haddow and counsel for the Government are engaged in discussions concerning a possible disposition of this case. The negotiations have not been completed but the Government said it planned to continue the discussions.

The Government has requested a 30-day continuance until November 12, 2018, to continue the foregoing discussions and reach a disposition of this matter. The request has been granted by the Court.

This is the sixth order of continuance that has been granted in this case.

In June last year, the charges against Renwick Haddow were unsealed. The criminal complaint charges him with two counts of wire fraud — one relating to the Bitcoin Store scheme and the other relating to the Bar Works scheme. Each charge carries a maximum prison term of 20 years.

Under the allegations, Haddow, who is a citizen of the United Kingdom, from November 2014 through June 2017, solicited investments in start-up companies he created and controlled, including Bitcoin Store — a purported online platform for purchasing, selling, and storing the digital currency known as “Bitcoin”—and Bar Works, which purports to be a company that adapts former restaurants, bar premises, and other locations into co-working spaces. When doing so, Haddow made material misrepresentations about the management, operations, and historical performance of those companies.

For example, Haddow concealed his interest in Bitcoin Store and fabricated the purported “experienced team of leading investment professionals” working at the company. In connection with Bar Works, Haddow adopted the alias “Jonathan Black” to further hide his role in the schemes. He claimed that “Jonathan Black” had an extensive background in finance and had a role in setting up “Car Share,” a car-sharing app.

Haddow solicited investments through his control of InCrowd Equity Inc., which represented itself as a type of crowdfunding portal through which investors could purchase shares of start-ups supposedly vetted by InCrowd. He did so without disclosing to investors that he had an ownership interest in both InCrowd, on the one hand, and Bitcoin Store and Bar Works, on the other. Haddow also misappropriated without permission funds purportedly invested in Bitcoin Store and Bar Works for his own use and the use of others.

The case, captioned USA v. Haddow (1:17-mj-04939), goes on at the New York Southern District Court.

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