澳大利亚男子因加密货币失误面临 1000 万美元的牢狱之灾

Jatinder Singh 错误地从 Crypto com 收到了 1047 万美元，并在房屋和土地上花费了超过 600 万美元。 Crypto com 在七个月后的一次审计中才发现了这个错误。贾廷德的律师主张宽大处理，

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.

一名澳大利亚男子因未报告并浪费了加密平台 Crypto.com 错误存入其账户的巨额资金而可能面临牢狱之灾。

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.

该事件发生在 2021 年 5 月，当时 Jatinder Singh 和他的搭档 Thevamanogari Manivel 应该从 Crypto.com 收到 100 澳元的退款。然而，由于内部错误，这对夫妇收到了1047万澳元（合686万美元）。

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.

辛格相信自己赢得了网上抽奖，于是开始疯狂消费，购买了多栋房屋，赠送朋友 100 万澳元，并将部分钱汇到国外。

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 月的内部审计中才发现了这一错误，而此时 Singh 已经花掉了很大一部分资金。

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.

这一事件现已使辛格成为澳大利亚检察官的瞄准目标，他们正在为其行为寻求入狱。在最近的一次法庭听证会上，检察官坎贝尔·汤姆森 (Campbell Thomson) 辩称，涉案金额“超出了被视为机会犯罪的范围”，因此需要判处监禁。

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

汤姆森说：“考虑到他目前被拘留，你可能不会把他送进监狱很长时间。”

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

辛格的律师马丁·科兹洛夫斯基辩称，他的当事人没有完全意识到这一异常情况的严重性。

“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.

“必须考虑到这里的资金来自一家跨国公司，直到后来的审计才知道这些资金已经消失，”科兹洛夫斯基说。

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.

检察官还强调了辛格出逃的动机，因为仅追回了一小部分被盗资金（490 万美元），其中一些已经转移到海外。

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.

此案将于 2024 年 9 月结案，辛格可能面临监禁。他的搭档马尼维尔在承认挥霍犯罪所得后，被判处大约七个月的监禁（刑期已满），并被判处一年半的社区矫正令。

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.

澳大利亚最近与加密货币相关的犯罪激增。就在几周前，即 7 月 15 日，该国最高金融情报机构澳大利亚交易报告和分析中心 (AUSTRAC) 发布了一份报告，强调了一个令人不安的趋势，即越来越多的犯罪分子正在使用加密货币和相关服务来洗钱。 。