The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 17 people for their alleged roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 40,000 predominantly Latino investors, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Houston, Texas, on Thursday.

The complaint follows the SEC’s emergency action in September 2022 that halted the company accused of carrying out the scheme, CryptoFX, and charged the two alleged main actors involved, Mauricio Chavez and Giorgio Benvenuto.

Since 2022, the SEC has continued the investigation to identify more individuals involved in the alleged scheme.