市場操縱者非法獲利71億韓元

自去年七月法律頒布以來

Prosecutors have indicted an individual for manipulating cryptocurrency prices to gain 7.1 billion KRW (approx. $5.9 million), marking the first prosecution case under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act.

檢察官指控一名個人操縱加密貨幣價格以獲取 71 億韓元（約 590 萬美元），這是根據《虛擬資產用戶保護法》提出的首例起訴案件。

The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Joint Investigation Team on Virtual Asset Crimes (led by Park Geon-wook) announced on March 3 the arrest and indictment of Lee Mo (33), a representative of a cryptocurrency management firm, and former employee Kang Mo (28) for violating the Virtual Asset Act.

首爾南地方檢察廳虛擬資產犯罪聯合調查小組（樸建旭）3月3日宣布，對加密貨幣管理公司代表李模（33歲）和前員工薑模（樸建旭）進行逮捕和起訴。法。

Lee and Kang are accused of placing orders to manipulate the price of A-Coin from July 22 to October 25 last year, securing illicit gains of 7.1 billion KRW.

Lee和Kang被指控在去年7月22日至10月25日期間下指令操縱A-Coin價格，獲取了71億韓元的非法收益。

Prosecutors revealed that Lee signed a consignment sales contract for 2.01 million A-Coins with the A-Coin issuing foundation through Broker B. B requested Lee to raise the price of A-Coin, and they agreed to split 45% of the sales proceeds.

檢察官透露，李某透過經紀人B與A-Coin發行基金會簽訂了201萬枚A-Coin的寄售合約。

Lee and Kang are suspected of artificially increasing trading volume to make A-Coin appear prosperous. They repeatedly placed buy and sell orders at the market price for A-Coin. According to the prosecution, the average daily trading volume of A-Coin was only about 160,000 from July 1 to 21 last year, but it surged to about 2.45 million on the 22nd when the manipulation began.

Lee和Kang涉嫌人為增加交易量以使A-Coin顯得繁榮。他們一再以 A-Coin 的市場價格下達買賣訂單。檢方稱，去年7月1日至21日期間，A-Coin的日均交易量僅為16萬左右，但在操縱行為開始的22日激增至245萬左右。

There were also indications of using automated order programs to fake trading volume. They placed buy orders at 3-11% or 5-25% lower than the last executed price according to A-Coin's price fluctuations, canceled them, and then placed buy orders again. The prosecution believes this created the illusion of a massive influx of buying pressure, even though no actual trades occurred.

還有跡象表明有人使用自動訂單程序來偽造交易量。他們根據A-Coin的價格波動，以比最後執行價格低3-11%或5-25%的價格下買單，取消訂單，然後再次下買單。檢方認為，這造成了購買壓力大量湧入的假象，儘管實際交易並未發生。

Prosecutors searched the residences of Lee and others in October-November last year and obtained arrest warrants for Lee and Kang in December of the same year. Broker B, who is abroad, has been issued an arrest warrant and is under indictment suspension.

檢察官去年10月至11月搜查了李某等人的住所，並於同年12月對李某和姜某取得了逮捕令。身在國外的經紀人B已收到逮捕令，並處於暫緩起訴狀態。

The prosecution has seized and preserved Lee's apartment lease deposit in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, amounting to about 3.3 billion KRW, and approximately 3.5 billion KRW worth of A-Coin.

檢察機關扣押並扣押了李在首爾江南區的公寓租賃押金約33億韓元，以及價值約35億韓元的A-Coin。

The Virtual Asset User Protection Act, which was first enacted in July last year, explicitly sanctions unfair trading activities such as virtual asset price manipulation and insider trading. A prosecution official stated, "We will thoroughly investigate and severely punish unfair trading activities in line with the enforcement of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act."

去年7月首次頒布的《虛擬資產用戶保護法》明確制裁虛擬資產價格操縱、內部交易等不公交易行為。檢察機關表示：“我們將根據《虛擬資產使用者保護法》的實施，徹底調查並嚴懲不正當交易行為。”

Park Si-on, reporter (ushire908@hankyung.com)

記者 樸施溫 (ushire908@hankyung.com)