{"id":18153,"date":"2022-02-10T22:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=18153"},"modified":"2022-02-10T22:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:19:42","slug":"bbc-pulls-off-documentary-about-supposed-millionaire-crypto-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bbc-pulls-off-documentary-about-supposed-millionaire-crypto-trader\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Pulls Off Documentary About Supposed Millionaire Crypto Trader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Following fraud allegations, the BBC has decided to cancel a documentary and a story on a self-proclaimed wealthy crypto <\/a>trader.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Hanad Hassan\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, a 20-year-old Birmingham native, reportedly transformed his GBP 37 into GBP 6 million in cryptocurrencies in a single year following a successful career as a trader, according to The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hassan dedicated his life to charitable causes despite living a luxury lifestyle, according to the documentary “We Are England<\/a>: Birmingham's Self-Made Crypto-Millionaire.” Hassan also claimed to have set up a charity-focused cryptocurrency, which was abruptly shut down in October of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you should know Orfano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The piece has now been removed from the BBC website<\/a>, which was also advertising a documentary on Hassan's life, which claimed he had a net worth of GBP 5.9 million. He was born in Somalia, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hassan created a phony cryptocurrency called Orfano, which he debuted in April. The cryptocurrency <\/a>was created with the intention of allocating 3% of all funds raised to charitable causes. In fact, superstars such as Akon and Amir Khan have endorsed Orfano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, things shifted abruptly as well. In the aftermath of the broadcast, one putative investor posted on social media, “We “all lost our f money due of your hoax.” Of course, that wasn't the only remark accusing Orfano of being a con artist that crossed the wires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The website is still up and running<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Orfano's website is still up and running as of press time, but its Twitter account has been idle since October, when the scheme touted the token's presale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scam's claims were met by a response from a Twitter <\/a>account purporting to be Hassan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No, I didn't earn any money off of it personally\u2026 The goal of the relaunch was to re-ignite interest in the charity and allow more people to give; holders kept their investments and later sold them since liquidity was still available.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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