Although we became aware of indictments handed down to members of Krsitijan Krstic’s Ponzi empire last week, they remained under seal – meaning we didn’t have access to any details.

As a result of the
arrest of Krstic’s accomplice Haojia Miao
, a redacted copy of the indictment was made available on his Texas case docket on February 5th.

The original indictment against Kristijan Krstic (right) and his accomplices, was filed under seal on March 4th, 2020.

A redacted superseding indictment was filed on July 7th, 2020. It was unsealed on February 5th.

The unsealed indictment names sixteen defendants, four of which are redacted.

Kristijan Krstic, aka Kristian Jacobs, Felix Logan, Oliver Turner and Marshall Graham;

Xenia Faye Atilano Krstic, aka Majda Pratejc, Xenia Faye Jacobs and Xenia Faye Atilano;

Marko Pavlovic, aka Bjorn Emerson, Marlon Butler and Willem Adelbert;

Uros Slakovic, aka Lax Lesmo, Michael [sic] Anderson and Abbey Brooks

Haojia Miao, aka Stan Miao;

Nenad Krstic, aka Roland Valgerdur and Kevin Ericsson;

Antonije Stojiljkovic (
extradited to the US a few days ago
), aka Toni Rivas and Jacob Gold;

Andrija Selakovic, aka Andy Alinary;

Blazo Radulovic;

Nikola Dimitrijevic;

Nenad Mladenovic; and

Milos Mitic, aka Tom Hardian

The number of aliases cited in the indictment is testament to Krstic’s prolific use of personas.

Fake names and pictures were created for the fraudulent investment platforms’ officers and chairmen.

The defendants would often use female names as aliases to directly communicate and promote the fraudulent investment platforms to investors around the world.

Additionally, the defendants would conduct conference calls and video meetings during which they would represent themselves as different people in order to trick investors into believing the fraudulent investment platforms were legitimate.

As to the redacted defendants, it’s possible Krstic’s known accomplices John DeMarr and Robin Enos. Why their names would be redacted though I’m not sure.

While DeMarr has been indicted, I’m more inclined to think the redacted names are yet to be apprehended suspects.

Typically when we’ve seen redacted indictments in the past it’s because defendants haven’t been arrested.

An indicator would be 
when 
the superseding indictment was redacted (in July 2020 prior to DeMarr’s arrest or in February 2021), but we don’t have that information.

The two charges in the superseding indictment are conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Note these are the same charges leveled against John DeMarr.

In any event, even if two of the redacted defendants are DeMarr and Enos, that leaves two completely unknown defendants.

The superseding indictment details several fraudulent investment schemes, that together with other scams made up Krstic’s Ponzi empire.

Kristijan Krstic …  (his accomplices) … and others, both known and unknown to the Grand Jury, helped create, promote, market, and organize

🤖 Quick Answer

What was the Kristijan Krstic Ponzi scheme indictment?
A federal indictment filed in March 2020 and unsealed in February 2021 charged Kristijan Krstic and accomplices with operating a Ponzi scheme. The superseding indictment named sixteen defendants, including Krstic operating under aliases such as Kristian Jacobs and Felix Logan, alongside co-conspirators including his associate Haojia Miao.

When were the indictment details made public?
The indictment remained sealed until February 5th, 2021, when a redacted copy became available on the Texas case docket following Haojia Miao's arrest. The original indictment was filed under seal on March 4th, 2020, with a superseding version filed July 7th, 2020.

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