Gilbert Pardla and Gustav Poola settled fraud charges related to the DagCoin Ponzi scheme for approximately €5,000, as reported by Geenius on May 6, 2025. Arrested by Estonian authorities in 2022, the two played lesser roles in DagCoin, a OneCoin spinoff led by Nils Grossberg and Kristjan Ress.
Settlement Details
Termination of Proceedings: Charges against Pardla and Poola were dropped for expediency, with each paying roughly €2,500 to the state treasury.
Main Suspects: Grossberg and Ress remain under investigation, with their case now at the prosecutor’s office, signaling potential developments soon.
Related Allegations
Around DagCoin’s 2023 collapse, alongside its marketing arm Success Factory, Pardla was linked to The Traders Domain, a $3.3 billion Ponzi scheme. He’s suspected of stealing $60 million but wasn’t named in the CFTC’s October 2024 lawsuit against other scammers. No criminal charges have been filed for The Traders Domain.
Current Status
Ress: Kristjan Ress, aka Kris Ress, has gone underground since his 2022 arrest.
Grossberg: Nils Grossberg resurfaced in January 2024 as Head of Global Partnerships at Xera, a failed MLM crypto Ponzi.
Investor Losses: Estonian authorities have not yet quantified DagCoin investor losses.