Evaluate a crypto opportunity introduced at an event or community meeting

Take the claim out of the room

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Write down the promised activity, return, operator and withdrawal conditions. Save the presentation if it is publicly available or legitimately provided to you. Avoid treating applause, attendance or a speaker's personal spending as operational evidence. The IcomTech record shows why those signals can be powerful while leaving the central business claim unverified.

Identify incentives and responsibility

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Ask who receives a commission and which legal entity accepts the funds. A sincere friend may repeat a promoter's claim without knowing its source. Check authorisation and contact details independently, and seek evidence for the actual mining, trading or service described. Do not let a referral deadline replace the time needed to understand those answers.

Preserve concerns without escalating exposure

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If the explanation changes or withdrawals fail, record the messages and stop sending additional money while checking the facts. The FBI's guidance recommends preserving transaction information and reporting suspected investment fraud. Do not publicly accuse an unrelated business because its name or event style resembles the historical case; identify the exact entity and the evidence connecting it to your experience.

Use a post-event verification card

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After a presentation, record the speaker, legal operator, promised activity, return claim, withdrawal terms and referral incentive. Beside each, write the supporting document and whether it came from the promoter or an independent source. Verify contact details outside the event's chat group. A blank field is a question to resolve before any commitment, not a reason to accept a deadline. If a friend introduced the offer, preserve the claim itself without assuming that the friend understood the operator's finances or shared any fraudulent intent.

Sources, dates and limits

Checked 23 October 2026. This account distinguishes Carmona's 2024 sentence from Mendoza's December 2025 outcome. It does not represent a complete appellate history for all IcomTech defendants.