Trevon James
Associated companies: BitConnect
75Scam score
5,181Reported victims
Profile
Trevon James was a prominent promoter of the BitConnect cryptocurrency lending platform, which operated as a Ponzi scheme from 2016 to 2018. He created promotional content and referral campaigns that encouraged investors to participate in BitConnect's trading bot program, which promised unrealistic daily returns of up to 1% per day.
Timeline
- 2016Began promoting BitConnect through social media and YouTube
- 2017Peak promotional activity during BitConnect's growth phase
- 2018-01BitConnect platform shut down amid regulatory pressure
- 2023Referenced in Craig Grant's Glenn Arcaro data dump as BitConnect promoter
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who is Trevon James?
- Trevon James was a prominent promoter of the BitConnect cryptocurrency lending platform, which operated as a Ponzi scheme from 2016 to 2018. He created promotional content and referral campaigns that encouraged investors to participate in BitConnect's trading bot program, which promised unrealistic daily returns of up to 1% per day.
- What is Trevon James's fraud risk rating?
- Trevon James has a scam score of 75/100 (critical risk) based on open-source intelligence, regulatory records, and investigative reporting aggregated by ScamTelegraph.
- What companies is Trevon James associated with?
- Trevon James is associated with the following companies or entities: BitConnect.
- How many investigations mention Trevon James?
- ScamTelegraph has published 46 investigative articles mentioning Trevon James, including: Seventh BitConnect class-action voluntarily dismissed (California); Lion’s Share cease and desist issued in New Zealand; SEC reveals $6.1 mill Craig Grant & Trevon James judgments.
Coverage on ScamTelegraph
- Seventh BitConnect class-action voluntarily dismissed (California)
- Lion’s Share cease and desist issued in New Zealand
- SEC reveals $6.1 mill Craig Grant & Trevon James judgments
- BitConnect investor “detained, threatened and interrogated by the FBI”
- Top investor insists BitConnect not a Ponzi, discourages BCC selling
- Top BitConnect investor contemplates prison time
- 62 BitConnect facts from Craig Grant’s Glenn Arcaro data dump
- EOW Mumbai resume Speak Asia criminal case
- Cory Kromray pleads guilty to Driven Trading charges
- Trevon James’s BitConnect settlement conf delayed to Apr 2025
- Trevon James tells court he can’t pay BitConnect fines
- Trevon James & Craig Brown facing BitConnect default judgments
- Bjorkman sues Exp Realty & Glenn Sanford for defamation
- HyperFund’s Sam Lee, Rod Burton & Brenda Chunga indicted
- Michael Noble also likely facing BitConnect criminal charges
- Uulala Review: Oscar Garcia triples down on securities fraud
- Ryan Maasen claims SEC’s BitConnect case “ruining his life”
- Exp Realty Review: Real-estate MLM with lots of fees
- BitConnect’s John Bigatton criminally charged in Australia
- BitConnect victim class-action dismissed by Judge
- More defendants dismissed from BitConnect class-action
- Class-action filing alleges BitConnect defendants on run from law
- US Court rules BitConnect was a securities offering
- Trevon James facing $2 million BitConnect SEC clawback
- FBI seeking out BitConnect victims
- Sener Trader scammers arrested in Japan ($73M bitcoin Ponzi)
- Trevon James gagged by SEC on BitConnect subpoena appearance
- US authorities seek to recover $5.6B from BitConnect scammers
- SEC investigation into BitConnect confirmed
- YouTube added to defendants in BitConnect fraud class-action
- BitConnect FBI investigation update, Director’s wife missing
- BitConnect lawsuits update, June 2018
- Oscar H. Brown & Robert Mecham Zeek Rewards settlements pending
- Trevon James confirms FBI are investigating BitConnect
- Trevon James confirms South Carolina BitConnect investigation
- Sixth BitConnect lawsuit filed in Florida
- TRO sought against BitConnect and YouTube promoter defendants
- BitConnect victim who lost $33,000 takes over Indonesian event
- Bitconnect Florida trial date set, prelim injunction sought in Kentucky
- BitConnect defendant claims victims are “crybaby ass motherfuckers”
- BitConnect class-action lawsuit filed over $771,000 in losses
- BitConnect Reddit goes private, YouTube shill updates
- Top BitConnect investor instructs circumvention of Texas cease & desist
- Practical Financial Investment Group Review: Mail fraud gifting
- Zeek Receiver hunting an “elusive” OH Brown
- Zeek Reciever sues USHBB & operators for over $750,000