The alleged mastermind of a $165 million digital asset Ponzi scheme has been deported back to the United States from Fiji to face wire fraud and money laundering charges, the U.S. Justice Department has announced.

After being deported from Fiji earlier this month, 59-year-old U.S. citizen Edward Zimbardi appeared in court to address charges of orchestrating an alleged Ponzi scheme called “The Crypto Program.”

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of…