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Johann Steynberg, the wanted CEO of Mirror Trading International, was recently arrested by the Brazilian security forces after being caught with a forged document. The arrest, which took place in the province of goias, was performed by the Brazilian military police.
Forged identity cards, laptops and credit cards seized.
Johann Steynberg, mirror trading international (mti) president and ceo, a diagram of bitcoin ponzi, was recently arrested by brazilian law enforcement after being arrested with a forged document, reports from south america said. As a result of the arrest, credit cards, laptops and false identity documents were also seized.
According to several reports in Portuguese, Steynberg, who is on the list of persons wanted by Interpol, was arrested in the province of Goias by members of an elite unit within the Brazilian military police.
in a statement confirming the arrest, the brazilian military police also shared details of the steps taken before the decision to capture steynberg was made. the statement explains:
after an intense work of identification and follow-up, and with the help of information passed on by the federal police, it was possible to identify and approach the suspect, who presented a false document at the time of the approach.
Steynberg fined for using false documents.
In addition to being stopped for its role as the key brain behind the ponzi mti bitcoin scheme, according to the brazilian military police, steynberg must also pay a fine for using a counterfeit document.
as previously reported by bitcoin.com news, steynberg disappeared in late december 2020 when reports emerged that several mti investors were unable to withdraw their funds. Shortly after its disappearance, a South African court ruled that mti should be placed in interim liquidation.
however, since then, other masterminds of mti — which was named the biggest bitcoin scam in 2020 — have waged a battle to stall the process of liquidating the collapsed company. meanwhile, a court ruling on a petition that seeks to have mti declared an illegal business is still pending.
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