Proof Positive

How Chickbank Disguised a $130M Ponzi Scheme as a Mobile Farming Game

Published: July 26, 2026

Duration: 10:26

What if your favorite mobile game was secretly stealing millions of dollars from players just like you? That's exactly what happened with Chickbank, a Turkish farming simulator that turned virtual chickens into a $130+ million fraud. In this episode, Daniel Torres breaks down how one man convinced over 100,000 people to invest their real money in fake agricultural projects - and why almost nobody saw it coming. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How Mehmet Aydın disguised a Ponzi scheme as both entertainment and ethical investing • Why promising 15% monthly returns through virtual farming actually worked on smart people • The exact tactics fraudsters use to make early...