Two Greek servicemen are among nine suspects accused of running a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that took in about $8 million from roughly 10,000 investors, the Athens daily To Vima reported.

The nine were due to give statements to an investigating magistrate on Monday. Police have arrested 17 people over the alleged organization, which prosecutors say operated as a pyramid scheme and pushed investors into cryptocurrencies through a platform it controlled. None of the allegations has been tested in court, and the figures come from police sources rather than a charging document.

The recruiting vehicle, on the paper’s account, was a local civic group. A 44-year-old who led the Association of Artificial Intelligence Friends in Katerini was…