CluCoin 創辦人承認竊取 110 萬美元投資者資金用於線上賭博

奧斯汀·邁克爾·泰勒 (Austin Michael Taylor)，40 歲，來自佛羅裡達州邁阿密，因電信詐騙罪面臨最高 20 年監禁。

The founder of a Miami-based cryptocurrency project has pleaded guilty to stealing over $1 million from investors and spending the money at online casinos, according to court documents filed in Florida last week.

根據上週在佛羅裡達州提交的法庭文件，邁阿密一家加密貨幣項目的創始人承認從投資者那裡竊取了超過 100 萬美元，並將這些錢花在了線上賭場上。

Austin Michael Taylor, 40, of Maryland, founded CluCoin in the spring of 2021 and marketed the project to his “large Internet following” as a streamer, with the stated goal of using the funds raised to fund charities.

40 歲的馬裡蘭州奧斯汀·邁克爾·泰勒(Austin Michael Taylor) 於2021 年春天創立了CluCoin，並以主播身份向他的“大量互聯網追隨者”推銷該項目，其既定目標是將籌集到的資金用於資助慈善事業。

After CluCoin’s initial coin offering in May 2021, the project’s trading volume and value declined “precipitously,” according to court documents. This prompted Taylor to steer CluCoin “away from its original charity focus.”

法庭文件顯示，CluCoin 於 2021 年 5 月首次代幣發行後，該項目的交易量和價值「急劇下降」。這促使泰勒引導 CluCoin「偏離其最初的慈善重點」。

Throughout 2022, while Taylor was managing CluCoin and making promises to investors about its activities — including the purported development of a metaverse-based video game called “Xenia” — his lawyers said, Taylor was “secretly succumbing to a gambling addiction.”

整個2022 年，當泰勒管理CluCoin 並向投資者做出有關其活動的承諾時——包括據稱開發一款名為“Xenia”的基於虛擬宇宙的視頻遊戲——他的律師表示，泰勒“秘密地沉迷於賭博成癮」。

In total, Taylor transferred $1.14 million worth of investor funds to online casinos including Stake.com, his lawyers said.

泰勒的律師表示，泰勒總共將價值 114 萬美元的投資者資金轉移到了 Stake.com 等線上​​賭場。

In January 2023, Taylor publicly admitted to using investor funds for online gambling and voluntarily ceded control of the project to his business associates.

2023年1月，泰勒公開承認使用投資者資金進行線上賭博，並自願將該計畫的控制權交給他的商業夥伴。

Taylor pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Aug. 15. As part of his plea agreement, Taylor agreed to forfeit $1.14 million in ill-gotten gains for victim restitution.

泰勒於 8 月 15 日承認了一項電信詐欺罪。

Taylor is set to be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jacqueline Becerra of the Southern District of Florida on Oct. 31 at 10:00 a.m. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

泰勒定於 10 月 31 日上午 10 點被美國佛羅裡達州南區地方法院法官傑奎琳·貝塞拉 (Jacqueline Becerra) 宣判，最高可判處 20 年監禁。