澳洲男子因加密貨幣失誤面臨 1000 萬美元的牢獄之災

Jatinder Singh 錯誤地從 Crypto com 收到了 1047 萬美元，並在房屋和土地上花費了超過 600 萬美元。 Crypto com 在七個月後的一次審計中才發現了這個錯誤。賈廷德的律師主張寬大處理，

An Australian man could face jail time after failing to report and squandering a huge sum of money that was mistakenly credited to his account by crypto platform Crypto.com.

一名澳洲男子因未通報並浪費了加密平台 Crypto.com 錯誤存入其帳戶的巨額資金而可能面臨牢獄之災。

The incident occurred in May 2021 when Jatinder Singh and his partner Thevamanogari Manivel were supposed to receive a 100 AU$ refund from Crypto.com. However, due to an internal error, the couple received 10.47 million Australian dollars ($6.86 million) instead.

該事件發生在 2021 年 5 月，當時 Jatinder Singh 和他的搭檔 Thevamanogari Manivel 應該從 Crypto.com 收到 100 澳元的退款。然而，由於內部錯誤，這對夫婦收到了1047萬澳元（合686萬美元）。

Singh, believing he had won an online raffle, went on a spending spree, purchasing multiple homes, gifting a friend 1 million AU$, and sending some of the money abroad.

辛格相信自己贏得了線上抽獎，於是開始瘋狂消費，購買了多棟房屋，贈送朋友 100 萬澳元，並將部分錢匯到國外。

The error was not discovered by Crypto.com until December 2021 during an internal audit, by which time Singh had already spent a significant portion of the money.

Crypto.com 直到 2021 年 12 月的內部審計中才發現了這一錯誤，而此時 Singh 已經花掉了很大一部分資金。

The incident has now landed Singh in the crosshairs of Australian prosecutors, who are seeking jail time for his actions. During a recent court hearing, prosecutor Campbell Thomson argued that the amount of money involved was “out of range” to be considered a crime of opportunity, necessitating a jail sentence.

這起事件現已使辛格成為澳洲檢察官的瞄準目標，他們正在為其行為尋求入獄。在最近的法庭聽證會上，檢察官坎貝爾湯姆森 (Campbell Thomson) 辯稱，涉案金額“超出了被視為機會犯罪的範圍”，因此需要判處監禁。

“It may not be that you send him to jail for very long at all after taking into account his presentence detention,” Thomson said.

湯姆森說：“考慮到他目前被拘留，你可能不會把他送進監獄很長時間。”

Singh's lawyer, Martin Kozlowski, argued that his client didn’t fully grasp the seriousness of the unusual situation.

辛格的律師馬丁·科茲洛夫斯基辯稱，他的當事人沒有完全意識到這種異常情況的嚴重性。

“It must be taken into account the funds here came from a multinational that didn’t even know the funds were gone until an audit sometime later,” Kozlowski said.

「必須考慮到這裡的資金來自跨國公司，直到後來的審計才知道這些資金已經消失，」科茲洛夫斯基說。

Prosecutors also highlighted Singh's motive to flee, given that only a fraction of the stolen money, $4.9 million, has been recovered, and some was already moved overseas.

檢察官也強調了辛格出逃的動機，因為僅追回了一小部分被盜資金（490 萬美元），其中一些已經轉移到海外。

The case is set to conclude in September 2024, with Singh facing a potential jail sentence. His partner, Manivel, was given a roughly seven-month prison sentence (time already served) and placed on community corrections order for another year and a half after pleading guilty to squandering the proceeds of crime.

此案將於 2024 年 9 月結案，辛格可能面臨監禁。他的搭檔馬尼維爾在承認揮霍犯罪所得後，被判處大約七個月的監禁（刑期已滿），並被判處一年半的社區矯正令。

Australia has seen a surge in crypto-related crimes lately. Just a few weeks ago, on July 15, the country’s top financial intelligence agency, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) released a report highlighting a troubling trend that more and more criminals are using cryptocurrency and related services to launder their dirty money.

澳洲最近與加密貨幣相關的犯罪激增。就在幾週前，即7 月15 日，該國最高金融情報機構澳洲交易報告和分析中心(AUSTRAC) 發布了一份報告，強調了一個令人不安的趨勢，即越來越多的犯罪分子正在使用加密貨幣和相關服務來洗錢。