I Destroyed a $500,000,000 Ponzi Scheme

It is finished. Traders Domain is closed for business, having run out of money and unable to pay creditors.

The owner, Ted Safranko jumps on a call with Coffeezilla to argue that he has no responsibility, and is confronted with paperwork that suggests otherwise. Coffeezilla discovers even more evidence from the Traders Domain backend provider B2Broker including support chats that show fraudulent record keeping, and finally Coffeezilla puts together 9000+ daily account statements in order to map out the scheme. And finally somehow Jordan Belfort the "Wolf of Wall St" makes an appearance.

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3D Artist: Ed Leszczynski @LeszczynskiEd
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This video is an opinion and in no way should be construed as statements of fact. Scams, bad business opportunities, and fake gurus are subjective terms that mean different things to different people. I think someone who promises $100K/month for an upfront fee of $2K is a scam. Others would call it a Napoleon Hill pitch.

[randm]

Nothing says "I'm innocent" quite like threatening the family of the person who is investigating you. Classic.

[merylsmith]

Ted: "social media is destroying society and family values"
Also Ted: literally threatens peoples' families over social media

[voidmayonnaise]

I can’t wait until I have my own Ponzi scheme and I get to see Coffeezilla dismantle it.

[BeanEaterExtraordinaire]

“I dont remember killing that guy”
*shows a photo of him stabbing someone*
“Yea I don’t remember that photo proving I killed a guy. Also what context is that photo in”

[ShotMechanics]

Coffee doing deeper investigations than government agencies is insane lol.

[Patterrz]

The whole conversation about the downfall of society because of social media was a hilarious turn from the ponzi scammer

[guccifer]

OSC: “Hey are you guilty?”
Ted: “Nope”
OSC: “Well can’t argue with that.”

[zangor]

The interview with Ted sounds like the Tim Robinson sketch where he's like "I'll debate anybody on anything, but, the second I start to lose, I'll spend the rest of the debate ignoring you on my phone."

[dustinsicedragon]

Being called a "no substance clickbait channel" only proves the validity that Coffeezilla nailed it.

[stephanietuck]

I wish more people would run interviews like Coffee. He doesn’t get sidetracked, he stays on the offensive and doesn’t let their insults and accusations put him on defense, he always brings it back around to the facts, he doesn’t try to be polite at the expense of asking the hard questions.

[triplebog]

Ted trying to pull the "He's so unimportant I don't even care to know his full name" card and also the "I have unlimited resources and know everything about you" card in the same sentence is just truly next level genius

[jerohamromero]

Can't believe this content is here for free. This should be on Netflix or somewhere where
Coffee gets more compensated. More power to you man! Love from the Philippines.

[djsierra]

Props to that government investigation that fell apart twice by the guy they suspected just saying 'no.' Really committing to being thorough and delivering justice.

[seri-ously]

This guy is the epitome of that one little kid you encountered in a online game and they try to intimidate you by saying their dad owns that game.

[me_hello]

I’m so sorry, did an actual scammer just accuse Coffee of contributing to the downfall of society!!? 💀💀

[basskwasi]

Sorry corporate lawyer here and just seeing this now. Comment on him not sealing its a classic move people do when they do not want to be exposed and have control over a company. You sign but dont seal until you need. then you apply the seal and provide it in evidence. in the meantime you can deny deny deny. No ever thought i would see someone actually use it as its so transparent 😅😅😅

[TylerThompson-nb]

"All corporations have a seal"

...No, they DON'T

[GabrielZang]

What a moment in history we live in, that a nerd in a rented apartment becomes a multimillion dollar theft supervillain, and a Youtuber is light years more efficient than the FBI. Great work Coffee!

[drewhardin]

I love the 'family values' defense and the 'their own responsibility' defense. Almost always used by people who have neither.

[bleuumscarlett]

I really despise the argument "i didn't make them do anything, they did that of their own free will". if you made it like they had no other choice, it wasn't their own free will. They weren't properly informed. They were manipulated into making a choice.