INDIVIDUALS
One person at the centre of the case. Ranked highest to lowest.
#1Jeffrey SkillingCorporate Fraud$74B#2Kwon Do-hyungCrypto / Algo Stablecoin$40B#3Bernard Lawrence MadoffPonzi$17B#4Chen ZhiPig Butchering$15B#5Bernie EbbersCorporate Fraud$11B#6Bill HwangSecurities Fraud$10B#7Ding NingPonzi¥59.8B#8Samuel Bankman-FriedCrypto / Exchange Fraud$8B#9Caroline EllisonCooperation / Ftx Inner Circle$8B#10Allen StanfordCd Fraud / Ponzi$7.2B#11Jérôme KervielRogue Trading€4.9B#13Qian ZhiminPonzi£4.6B#14Stanislav MoiseyevDark Web$5.2B#15Alex MashinskyCrypto Lending$4.7B#16Taek Jho Low / 1MDBSovereign Fund Fraud$4.5B#18Changpeng ZhaoCrypto / Compliance$4.3B#19Ruja IgnatovaCrypto Fraud$4B#20Sebastian GreenwoodCrypto Fraud$4B#21Bai SuochengPig Butchering$4B#23Alexander VinnikMoney Laundering$4B+#24Tom PettersPonzi$3.65B#25Scott TuckerBank Fraud$3.5B#26James ZhongDark Web / Computer Fraud$3.36B#27Fedir HladyrCard Fraud$3B#28John RigasCorporate Fraud$2.3B#29Kweku AdoboliStock & Securities Fraud$2.3B#30Sam LeeCrypto$1.89B#31Johann SteynbergPonzi$1.7B#33Nick LeesonRogue Trading£827M#34Philip EsformesHealthcare Fraud$1.3B#35Ross UlbrichtDark Web Marketplace$1.2B#36Scott RothsteinPonzi$1.2B#37Alexandre CazesDark Web$1B#38Elizabeth HolmesMedtech Fraud$945M#39Nevin ShapiroPonzi$930M#40Marcelo OdebrechtBribery$788M#41Anatoly LegkodymovCrypto Laundering$700M+#42Trevor MiltonCorporate Fraud$680M#43Michael MilkenStock Fraud$600M#44Barry MinkowSecurities Fraud$583.6M#45Dmitry KhoroshevRansomware$500M#46Sunny BalwaniCorporate Fraud$452M#47Jorge PerezHealthcare Fraud$400M#49Vladimir DrinkmanCard Fraud$300M+#50Lou PearlmanPonzi$300M#51Sam Israel IIIPonzi$300M#52She ZhijiangPig Butchering$298M#53Emmanuel NwudeAdvance-Fee / Bank Fraud$242M#54Malone LamCrypto / Social Engineering$230M#55Albert GonzalezCard / Bank Fraud$200M+#56Jordan BelfortSecurities Fraud$200M#57Mikhail MatveevRansomware$200M#58Minal PatelHealthcare Fraud$187M#59Roman SeleznevCard Fraud$169M#60Dennis KozlowskiCorporate Fraud$134M#61Evaldas RimašauskasBec / Invoice Fraud$122M#62Lim Oon KuinBank FraudUS$111.7M#63Avraham EisenbergCrypto$110M#64Rui-Siang LinDark Web$105M+#65Isaac Oduro BoatengBank & Wire Fraud$100M+#66Maksim YakubetsRansomware$100M+#67Evgeniy BogachevRansomware$100M+#68Ivan BoeskyInsider Trading$100M#69Park Jin HyokCrypto$81M#70Daren LiPig-Butchering Laundering$73.6M#71Heather MorganCrypto Laundering$71M#72Ilya LichtensteinCrypto$71M#73Andean MedjedovicCrypto$65M#74Raj RajaratnamInsider Trading$63.8M#75Tejay FletcherBank Fraud£43M#76Amaka AnajembaAdvance-Fee / Bank Fraud$48.5M#77Ghaleb AlaumaryMoney Laundering$30M+#78Paul ManafortBank & Tax Fraud$30M+#79Nicholas TrugliaSim Swap$23.8M#80Jack AbramoffBribery$23.1M#81Charles PonziHistoric · The Original$20M#82Yaroslav VasinskyiRansomware$16M#83Noah UrbanSim Swap$13M#84Shakeeb AhmedCrypto$12.3M#85Martin ShkreliSecurities Fraud$10.4M#86Charlie GreenCheck Fraud$10M+#88Joel OrtizSim Swap$7.5M+#89Treyvon AlexanderCheck Fraud$7.4M#90Trendon ShaversPonzi$4.5M#91Keith RaniereRacketeering$3.46M#92Eddie TiptonLottery Fraud$2.2M#93Ramon AbbasBec / Laundering$1.73M#94Marcus SchrenkerSecurities Fraud$1.5M#95Fred AjuduaAdvance-Fee / Bank Fraud$1.04M#96Frank AbagnaleCheck Fraud / Impostor$1,448.60Markus BraunCorporate Fraud—Joseph PoppRansomware$189Saw Chit ThuPig ButcheringNo figureKim IlCrypto$1.3B jointRim Jong HyokRansomwareNo figureTom HayesRogue TradingNo loss