On 18 November 2025, I watched Andrew Tate’s Hyperliquid balance collapse in real time. Months of reckless, high-leverage trading came to a brutal end as his account dropped to just $984. More than $727,000 of his own money and around $75,000 in referral bonuses had been wiped out with no withdrawals ever recorded.

Four days earlier, GOLIATH VENTURES INC — a “quant fund” promoted across the same influencer ecosystem — suddenly froze payouts and claimed a “forensic audit” had begun. Their 14 November distribution never arrived. No transparency, no timeline, just familiar excuses.

The timing alone doesn’t prove a direct connection. But when two collapses unfold within days of each other inside the same circle of influencers, people start asking questions.

THE ON-CHAIN COLLAPSE

Before that final liquidation, Tate had already racked up an astonishing list of losses: a $597,000 ETH long in June, a $67,500 WLFI wipeout in September, a $93,000 BTC liquidation shortly after, a $235,000 BTC loss on 14 November, and then the $112,000 final blow that drained his account entirely.

Across more than 80 trades, his win rate sat around 35%.
Behind the motivational speeches and alpha branding, the blockchain told a very different story.

THE GOLIATH FREEZE

While Tate’s losses were playing out on-chain, GOLIATH VENTURES INC was telling investors everything was “healthy” — even as they locked the doors.

Less than 1% of their claimed trading activity ever touched a blockchain.
Their audit firm remains unnamed.
Whistleblowers reported insiders withdrawing millions just before the freeze.

That behaviour does not belong to a legitimate trading operation. It matches the collapse pattern of every modern Ponzi I’ve investigated.

THE SHARED ECOSYSTEM

Goliath’s leadership has repeatedly appeared within Andrew Tate’s wider influencer network. They’ve praised him, networked with him, replicated his “brotherhood” aesthetic, and even surfaced in his promotional yacht videos — though their faces are blurred across their own website.

Tate’s “War Room” sells itself as a global network of elite men operating behind the scenes.
Goliath sells itself as a private, high-yield investment circle.
The language is similar.
The secrecy is similar.
The imagery is nearly identical.

None of this proves their money flowed together, but it proves they move through the same influencer machinery — and that matters.

WHAT WE CAN PROVE

Tate lost roughly $802,000 on Hyperliquid with no withdrawals.
GOLIATH VENTURES INC froze payouts and refuses to provide evidence of actual trading.
Less than 1% of their claimed activity appears on a blockchain.
Their leadership occupies the same social and promotional orbit as Tate’s network.

Those are facts.

WHAT REMAINS THEORY

There is no confirmed evidence that Goliath investor funds were placed into leveraged trades.
There is no proof that Tate’s liquidation directly triggered the freeze.
There is no documented formal partnership between the two operations.

But the behaviour, secrecy, timing, and shared ecosystem tell a story worth following.

When luxury yachts, blurred identities, whispered networks, and promises of effortless returns collide, the ending is rarely surprising.
I’ve watched this pattern unfold too many times to pretend otherwise.

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This is the story of what happened in the hours, days, and moments leading up to the collapse of one of the largest alleged Ponzi schemes in America.

THE FIRST SIGNS OF TROUBLE

The earliest warning came quietly. Investors expecting their November 14th payouts woke to an unexpected message from Goliath Ventures Inc. The company claimed that distributions were being delayed due to a “forensic audit,” a phrase familiar to anyone who has watched a Ponzi scheme run out of road.

At first glance, the announcement was dressed up as a professional update. But the tone was wrong. Too cheerful. Too rehearsed. Too polished for a situation where millions of dollars had suddenly stopped flowing.

It didn’t take long for people to realise this wasn’t just a delay. It was the beginning of the end.

THE INSIDERS GET THEIR MONEY OUT

As ordinary investors waited, confused and anxious, information began to surface that key insiders had been pulling out staggering amounts of money—tens of millions—just days earlier. Names like Nick Petrillo, Tomo Marjanovic, Punit Shah, and Jayson Newton continued popping up. Their romantic partners and family members reportedly cashed out while payouts to everyone else were frozen.

The most blatant example involved Stacie Shenkman, widely known to be close to insider Nick Petrillo. While investors begged for withdrawals, she and several others connected to Goliath’s leadership allegedly walked away with large sums.

This pattern is classic Ponzi behaviour: insiders escape with whatever remains while the average investor is told to “stay patient.”

THE AUDIT WITH NO NAME

Goliath Ventures told its investors that a “leading Forensic Certified Public Accountant firm” had been engaged. What they didn’t say was more revealing: no firm name, no license number, no engagement letter, no confirmation from the alleged auditor.

Real audits—especially during crisis—are always transparent.
Here, everything was concealed.

Even individuals with more than $10 million invested were denied basic information. And when the company invoked the name of Joel Glick from Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, they offered no proof that an engagement even existed.

An audit without a name is not an audit.
It’s a stall tactic.

THE AGENCIES NOW INVOLVED

Investors are now being urged to contact the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the RCMP in Canada. The United States Secret Service has a dedicated contact point for crypto-related fraud:

cryptofraud@usss.dhs.gov

Victims are also encouraged to file formal complaints through the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov.

Time matters now. Assets dissipate quickly once insiders start scrambling.

THE FINAL CHAPTER BEGINS

Once the payouts stopped, the façade collapsed.
Goliath Ventures no longer looks like a company undergoing an audit.
It looks like a Ponzi scheme in freefall.

The tone of their communication has grown increasingly desperate. The promises are empty. The reassurances are hollow. And the insiders—those closest to Delgado—have already secured their exits.

For everyone else, the fight to recover funds begins now.

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The first real sign of trouble came when investors began messaging me to say their payouts due on the 14th had not arrived. There were no advance warnings, no delays announced, and no meaningful explanations. Instead, a single excuse began to circulate among investors: the payouts were being blocked because of an “audit.”

That claim didn’t match how real audits work.
And that’s when the investigation began.

THE AUDIT EXCUSE

To understand why this raised red flags instantly, you have to know what a real audit actually does. Audits do not freeze bank accounts. Audits do not stop investor payouts. And auditors have no authority to block withdrawals.

When a company stops paying investors, it is not because of an audit.
It is because the money is no longer available.

Every hour that passed made this harder to deny.

THE ANONYMOUS AUDIT LETTER

Today, for the first time, I am releasing a document that arrived through my anonymous contact page on 12 September 2025. It claimed to be an “audit announcement,” but I could not verify who wrote it, where it came from, or whether it was genuine. That is exactly why I did not publish it at the time.

The formatting didn’t match any of Goliath’s previous newsletters—although even their official newsletters were often inconsistent. The tone felt unusual. Something about it wasn’t right.

But now that payouts have frozen, and investors are searching for answers, it feels important to show people the kinds of documents circulating in the background—whether they came from inside the organisation or were created by someone trying to imitate it.

The most striking part was the language.
It did not read like a standard audit notice. Instead of neutral financial terms, it referenced Ponzi scheme detection, fraudulent conveyance analysis, lost profit reviews, and economic damage assessments. These are terms rarely used outside forensic accounting or legal disputes.

Whether the letter was internal, leaked, or fabricated, it resembles the type of messaging that surfaces when a scheme begins to unravel.

THE CEO WHO VANISHED

While investors looked for clarity, new information began to surface. Multiple independent sources contacted me claiming that Goliath’s CEO, Christopher Delgado, had left the United States. Several said he was in Dubai. Some suggested he was not alone.

These details are still being verified.
But what is verifiable is the silence.

Chris has not addressed investors.
He has not provided documentation to support the audit excuse.
He has not produced any evidence of trading, blockchain activity, mining operations, surplus funds, or liquidity.
His absence is becoming its own statement.

*Messages continue to arrive from investors worldwide—people who invested savings, retirement funds, and family money. People who trusted colleagues, friends, and professionals who referred them into Goliath. People now terrified that they may never see their money again.

Some are angry.
Some are devastated.
All deserve the truth.

THE REALITY OF THE “AUDIT” CLAIM

By now, one fact is unavoidable:

Audits do not stop payouts.
Audits do not create silence.
Audits do not cause CEOs to disappear.

The “audit” narrative collapses under even basic scrutiny.

When payouts halt and leadership goes silent, the cause is not a review.
The cause is a lack of liquidity.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

This investigation is ongoing. More documents emerge daily. More internal conversations surface. More inco

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