Kristijan Krstic, a serial fraudster linked to a number of scams, has been arrested in Serbia.

Serbian authorities arrested Krstic back in July, following a joint investigation with the FBI.

Details of Krstic’s case are murky. There’s a bit of coverage out there but absolutely nothing pertaining to what he’s facing in the US.

I first became aware of the arrest when a reader
tipped me off
yesterday.

Initially I was confused, as The Star article in question appeared to be unrelated.

As per
The Star’s article
;

Serbian police have arrested a group suspected of an online scam worth more than US$70 million following a joint investigation with the FBI, the interior ministry has announced.

Eleven people from Australia, Montenegro, the Philippines and Serbia were detained on charges that they “created, promoted and organised” 16 fake investment platforms.

They are suspected of swindling investors from all around the world who placed funds in international bank accounts connected to the group’s organisers, a Serbian police statement said.

“After that, the group, on the order of the organisers, closed these fake investment platforms and after some time reopened new ones with the same practiced method,” the statement said.

With a bit more sniffing around I was able to establish those arrested
belonged to an “organized criminal group”
, that had been operating since 2011.

Sixteen undisclosed scams were referenced, which as above netted the scammers over $70 million.

Video footage of a raid in Serbia is provided by Telegraf in the link above.

A September 9th report from Serbia Today ties Krstic to the
Biitcoin
Ponzi scheme.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports Krstic (right) was allegedly behind 
Options Rider
, another Ponzi scheme.

The ABC
reports
Krstic fled Australia following an Australian Federal Police investigation into
Options Rider’s collapse
.

BehindMLM readers have tied Krstic to
Hedger Tech
,
Start Options
and Dragon Mining Tech (made up of
Crypto Mining Space
,
Palilula Mining
,
BTC Trader Online
,
BTC Mining Factory
and
Coin Pool Mining
).

Serbia Today
claims
 Krstic has dual Serbian-Australian citizenship.

As per Krstic’s Serbian lawyer, he and his then eight-month pregnant wife, Ksenija Krstic, a Philippine national, are in custody.

Krstic is fighting extradition to the US to face undisclosed criminal charges.

The US and Serbia ratified an extradition treaty in April 2019.

Krstic’s lawyer argues that the treaty should only apply when someone commits a crime in the US and then flees to Serbia.

My clients have been in Serbia all the time and have worked from our country, and if they are extradited, it can be a precedent by which all people who work in Serbia in American companies, and who are in some way involved or suspected of some crime in USA, to be arrested and extradited.

The link to Krstic and the US is through Texas. Beyond that however there’s an informational black hole.

This isn’

🤖 Quick Answer

Who is Kristijan Krstic and what were the charges against him?
Kristijan Krstic is a Serbian serial fraudster arrested in July following a joint FBI and Serbian authorities investigation. He was linked to an international online scam network involving eleven suspects from Australia, Montenegro, the Philippines, and Serbia, with fraudulent operations exceeding US$70 million in damages.

What was the scope of the international crime syndicate operation?
The criminal network operated across multiple countries, generating losses exceeding US$70 million through coordinated online scams. The syndicate involved organized participants from four nations, indicating a sophisticated, geographically dispersed fraud operation with structured roles and international coordination mechanisms.

How was the investigation conducted?
Serbian police conducted a joint investigation with the FBI, resulting in coordinated arrests across multiple jurisdictions. The collaborative effort between American federal authorities and Serbian law enforcement demonstrated international cooperation in combating tran

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