Tennessee Couple Charged in ‘Blessings of God Thru Crypto’ Scam

A federal market regulator charged a Tennessee couple with defrauding more than 100 people across the US in a cryptocurrency scheme that netted millions of dollars.

In a complaint filed Tuesday in federal district court, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged Michael and Amanda Griffis, of Clarksville, Tenn., with convincing people to join a commodity pool—called “Blessings of God Thru Crypto"—to trade digital asset futures with the promise of safe investments and large profits. Victims were also told trades would be made based on the advice of a person known only as “Coach Wendy,” who reputedly had a team of ...