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Customers who say they were scammed by crypto founder ask why B.C. regulator didn’t act sooner

David Smillie is accused of defrauding customers of $13 million deposited on ezBtc platform

Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

10 Apr 2024 • 6 min read

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A sign reading 'B.C. Securities Commission: Invest Right' sits in a window as pedestrians walk by.
A panel of the B.C. Securities Commission is hearing allegations that the founder of the ezBtc cryptocurrency exchange defrauded clients of $13 million. (Bethany Lindsay/The Investigative Journalism Foundation)

Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Bethany Lindsay is an award-winning investigative journalist who covers white-collar crime. She is based in Vancouver and previously reported for CBC News, the Vancouver Sun, and the Cambodia Daily.

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