Florida man accuses Denver crypto school of fake crypto exchange
An investor claims that a fraudulent online trading school in downtown Denver has partnered with a fake cryptocurrency exchange in Cherry Creek to rob him of $860,000.
Brian Firestone of Florida says he was approached in December by a man named John Smith with the Alpha Stock Investment Training Center. Smith offered to teach Firestone how to trade cryptocurrencies and gifted him $500 to begin, according to the Florida man.
The Alpha Stock Investment Training Center, which listed an address of 1660 Lincoln St. on its now-defunct website, advised people to trade crypto through CoinBridge Partners, a company at 950 S. Cherry St. that claims to have raised $10 million from 600 investors last year.
“CoinBridge is really an entirely fake…
