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Ellsworth and Vane advertised on Instagram to join test group in cryptocurrency futures trading. I decided to check it out. The WhatsApp group initially focused on teaching about stocks and crypto (good stuff educationally), and they also recommended stocks/crypto to buy and when to sell. I watched their recommendations for 2 months and most of their recommendations in stocks profited 20-50% (short/medium term like 5-20 days). They also gave away free USD, BTC, USDT and their crypto EVOX. They then shifted to participating in 1 week of testing, 2-3 trades per day, using a platform called Vinance and Realm, using their $300 where at the end of the week you return the $300 and you keep the profit. All of their trades were on Cryptos that only existed on their platform, so no way to validate behavior elsewhere. In 5 days I grew that to $900. Then they shifted to put in your money, always advising to be conservative and only small amounts, and continue testing, 2-3 trades per day. That continued for 2 weeks. I put in $500 and grew that to $3800 in 2 weeks. At the end of 2 weeks I did a trade using ~ 10% of my account (~$350) going Long and during this trade it went negative - 500%, which is $1750.00. All of a sudden the trade closed automatically and my account went to $0.00, except (1) the amount withdrawn was ~ $3200, (2) I had $3800 in my futures account, and (3) the trade went up to 250% (or $875 profit). The admin claimed I used 20% (which still would have been under $3800) and that it was my fault. Also, the admin had said since this was testing if we followed the trades they would cover any losses, but they claimed I did not follow the trade, even though I had screen shots before and after that showed my balance, what I bet, what it closed at, and my final balance. I spoke to several other members in the group and the same thing occurred to some of them. The people running the group were: Walter Johnson, Kenneth Hudson, Charles Moreau, and Lydia Quinn. They claimed they were FinCEN certified, but I found out on FinCEN their status was submitted. Also the Vinance and Realm site they used (https://h5.vinancerealm.top/) and App were created in July 2025. I could not validate their existence in any way. Technically Iost $500 of my own money, but others I talked to lost as much as $20,000. There were others saying they were betting amounts in excess of $500,000 but no clue if they were real or if they lost their money. Lastly, I was given about 750 units of EVOX, which the admin claims when it is unlocked in 02/01/2026 it is mine and I can withdraw it, and it is worth over $3000 as of 11/25/25, but I will be surprised if that money still exists as clearly they were a scam. I think the ended me earlier than others using more money because I was starting to question the validity too much and they were concerned I might be a poison pill to the rest of the group.