When four members of a high school computer club create an online pay-to-play contest paid with cryptocurrency, they get rich quick but become targets of law enforcement agencies, shysters, hackers, thugs, and murderers.

SYNOPSIS:

Short Synopsis:

Four intelligent, computer-savvy, high school seniors naively enter the mysterious world of cryptocurrency. Their clever idea of running pay-to-play global contests online barely skirts gambling regulations and makes them rich in Bitcoins overnight. However, they learn that individual account holders become their own banks that are easily robbed if thugs or shysters learn, or extract, their account numbers and passcodes. The richer the teens get, the bigger targets they become. Their paths cross early with two highly professional Russian thugs and a shyster banker. When the sole banker for the group is accosted and goes missing, the three remaining members of the Crypto Club must step up to find their missing member, share in the banking responsibilities, sanction the thugs who are responsible, and prevent future attacks. As Season One progresses, they must contend with hackers who ping their account routinely seeking to rob them blind, and mobsters who seek their help in laundering money from drug and human trafficking. They have to avoid meddling law enforcement officials who don’t care if the teens are exposed as crypto-scammers, putting them in greater danger. The teens are in over their heads and need a rapid education in the new global economy and the good, the bad, and the dangerous elements involved in the trading of cryptocurrency. How they find time for fun, love, and sex is a mystery.

MAJOR ROLES:

LAURA SANTOS (18), is a feisty Hispanic, heading to a top engineering school upon graduation.

TYSON LANE (18), African American was self-taught in the field of cybersecurity.

JIMMY JACOBS (18) doesn’t fit in with the group. He’s an average, comical, sloppy, and irreverent student with a great memory.

CARRIE WILSON (18) is the mastermind of the Crypto Club and its predecessor, the Computer Club.

SUPPORTING ROLES:

MARCY PHILLIPS (30s) is a determined FBI Agent who grudgingly works with MUHAMMED PATIL (40s), the local police detective investigating the teens.

CHARLES WEBLEY (20s) is the teen’s sleazy crypto banker and money-launderer in Belize with his own agenda.

LOCATION: PRIMARY – any city or town with a high school, coffee shop, police department; a mix of houses from rich to poor, and bars. SECONDARY – scenic outdoor locations with campsites, rivers, forests, dirt roads, cabins, and meadows. OCCASIONAL: Any beach resort from Bermuda to Belize.

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CRYPTO CLUB (A 1-HR TV CRIME-DRAMA)