The Nimbus Platform Ponzi scheme rebranded to Syncord on November sixth.
The rebranding follows the arrest of former CEO Andrea Zanon in Spain final December.
As per a November sixth Nimbus Platform Telegram publish;
Our crew is thrilled to announce an essential change based mostly on intensive work by a devoted focus group inside our neighborhood and a deep reflection on the lengthy historical past of our mission. We’ve determined to rebrand: Nimbus is now Syncord.
Claimed causes for the name-change are “world enchantment”, “evolving neighborhood and crew” (i.e. executives getting arrested), and “significant title”.
Whereas Nimbus Platform has introduced its name-change, at time of publication the corporate’s web site nonetheless has Nimbus Platform branding.
There are not any executives featured on Nimbus Platform’s web site. The final recognized CEO working Nimbus Platform was Patricio Pozzi.
Nimbus Platform launched in 2020. The unique Ponzi scheme was constructed round NMBT factors.
When that collapsed Zenon rebooted the Ponzi in 2022. Nimbus Platform’s first reboot was the identical fraudulent enterprise mannequin with new tokens.
A couple of months into the second reboot, Nimbus Platform started to stall. This prompted the introduction of a 100% annual ROI.
Nimbus Platform finally collapsed in December 2022. A Synta token reboot was introduced however doesn’t seem to have gone wherever.
At present Nimbus Platform’s web site markets numerous unregistered crypto staking mannequin funding schemes.
A “Nimbus NFT Sensible staker” will purportedly pay 60% yearly.
Sensible Staker n-NFT robotically generates rewards from two staking streams: with as much as 40% APR and 60% APR correspondingly.
Get rewards from the very best staking choices with only one click on, whereas saving time and fuel charges.
Numerous different funding schemes, construct round NIMB and GNIMB tokens are additionally supplied.
As of October 2024, SimilarWeb tracked simply 968 month-to-month visits to Nimbus Platform’s web site. 100% of Nimbus Platform’s web site site visitors is attributed to Spain.
Neither Nimbus Platform, Syncord or any of its executives are registered to supply securities in any jurisdiction.
Zanon is reported to be an Italian born US citizen. Sadly there have been no updates on Andrea Zanon’s arrest since final December.
All we all know is Spanish authorities started investigating Zanon in 2022.
The investigation really started in March 2022, when the Spanish Supreme Court docket urged the Nationwide Viewers to research this matter given the Spanish nationality of a few of these accused.
The alarm was raised in Spain by a non-public particular person who sued the Maltese cryptocurrency funding firm for defrauding him, he claimed, of 9,000 euros.
And though Zanon has denied his connection to the NIMBUS Platform, he was the one shareholder when the corporate was set-up with a share capital of 1,200 euros divided into one-euro shares, and his standing as sole proprietor continued till June 2020, when the shares have been transferred to a different Maltese firm, which then transferred them to Odysseas Kimiskez.
Spanish authorities have alleged Nimbus Platform has to this point generated over $135 million in losses.
Following his arrest, Zanon was despatched to jail on a provisional foundation. Bail was set at 60,000 EUR nevertheless it’s unclear whether or not Zanon paid up.
Zanon’s present whereabouts and standing is unknown.
Welcome to a brand new period for our mission! The title Syncord marks the start of a brand new chapter, bringing a recent model and imaginative and prescient to life.
Who’s working Nimbus Platform’s rebranding to Syncord can also be unclear.