Millions to Nowhere: Zero Edge Founder Accused of Fraud
Investors believed and were left with nothing. Former top manager of large financial structures Richard Kim was at the center of a high-profile scandal. According to the FBI, he fraudulently attracted more than $7 million in the Zero Edge startup, which was positioned as an innovative blockchain casino.
Kim introduced himself as the "lead architect" of the project and used his professional reputation: before that, he worked at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and the law firm Cleary Gottlieb. In 2024, he left Galaxy Digital to launch Zero Edge. Everything looked ambitious, until the money disappeared.
Phishing, crypto market, and casinos
Just a week after raising investments, Kim reported a loss of $80,000 due to phishing. Then he admitted that he "poured" $3.8 million into risky cryptocurrency transactions using borrowed funds.
Despite this, Kim continued to assure investors for several months that the project was developing. Only in June, he confessed to serious losses and his own negligence, stressing that he had no intention of absconding with the money.
However, according to investigators, some of the funds raised were transferred to Shuffle.com, a gambling site where Kim apparently continued to gamble with investors' money.
Hackers Attack Not Only Players
The crypto casino industry remains highly risky — not only for players and investors, but also for the platforms themselves. Last year, the Duelbits platform suffered a hacker attack: attackers managed to compromise the private key and steal $4.6 million.





Honestly, it looks like a gambling addict who was given access to millions. And he did what any gambler does.
First Goldman, then JP Morgan... and end up on gambling sites. Motivational story, yes.
But someone could take out a loan for the sake of this garbage. I feel sorry for the people.
Classics: "innovation", "metaverse", "social casino" — and in the end, everything went to slots.
He was really a top player in Galaxy Digital, wasn't he? What a fall... From a banker to a gambler.