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波士顿对四家加密货币公司、四家加密货币金融服务公司(称为“做市商”)的领导人以及这些公司的员工提出了指控。
BOSTON – Eighteen individuals and entities have been charged for widespread fraud and manipulation in the cryptocurrency markets. Charges were unsealed in Boston against the leaders of four cryptocurrency companies, four cryptocurrency financial services firms (known as “market makers”) and employees at those firms.
波士顿 — — 十八个人和实体因加密货币市场中广泛的欺诈和操纵行为而被指控。波士顿对四家加密货币公司、四家加密货币金融服务公司(称为“做市商”)的领导人以及这些公司的员工提出了指控。
Four defendants have pleaded guilty, another defendant has agreed to plead guilty, and authorities apprehended three other defendants in Texas, the United Kingdom and Portugal this week. More than $25 million in cryptocurrency has been seized and multiple trading bots responsible for millions of dollars’ worth of wash trades for approximately 60 different cryptocurrencies have been deactivated.
四名被告已认罪,另一名被告已同意认罪,当局本周在德克萨斯州、英国和葡萄牙逮捕了另外三名被告。超过 2500 万美元的加密货币已被扣押,负责约 60 种不同加密货币价值数百万美元清洗交易的多个交易机器人已被停用。
According to the charging documents, the defendants who created cryptocurrency companies made false statements about their cryptocurrencies (“tokens”) and executed sham trades in those tokens (“wash trades”) to create the appearance of trading activity that would make the tokens look like good investments. These deceptive tactics allegedly attracted new investors and purchasers, which resulted in an increase in the tokens’ trading prices. The defendants are then alleged to have sold their tokens at the artificially inflated prices, a fraud commonly known as a “pump and dump.” The largest of these cryptocurrency companies, Saitama, at one point had a multi-billion-dollar market value.
根据指控文件,创建加密货币公司的被告对其加密货币(“代币”)做出虚假陈述,并执行这些代币的虚假交易(“清洗交易”),以制造交易活动的假象,使代币看起来像良好的投资。据称,这些欺骗手段吸引了新的投资者和购买者,导致代币交易价格上涨。随后,被告被指控以人为抬高的价格出售其代币,这种欺诈行为通常被称为“拉高抛售”。这些加密货币公司中最大的一家是埼玉县,其市值一度达到数十亿美元。
The cryptocurrency companies also allegedly hired financial services firms ( “market makers”) to wash trade their tokens in exchange for payment. As one market maker defendant, who has agreed to plead guilty, described the practice to a prospective client: the “objective on the secondary markets” is to find “other buyers from the community, people you don’t know about or don’t care about” because “we have to make [the other buyers] lose money in order to make profit.”
据称,加密货币公司还聘请了金融服务公司(“做市商”)来清洗交易其代币以换取付款。正如一名同意认罪的做市商被告向一位潜在客户描述的做法:“二级市场的目标”是找到“社区中的其他买家,那些你不认识或不认识的人”关心”,因为“我们必须让[其他买家]赔钱才能盈利。”
Three market makers—ZM Quant, CLS Global and MyTrade—along with their employees are charged with allegedly wash trading and/or conspiring to wash trade on behalf of NexFundAI, a cryptocurrency company and token created at the direction of law enforcement as part of the government’s investigation. A fourth market maker, Gotbit, its CEO, and two of its directors are also charged for perpetrating a similar scheme.
三个做市商——ZM Quant、CLS Global 和 MyTrade——及其员工被指控涉嫌代表 NexFundAI 进行虚假交易和/或密谋虚假交易。NexFundAI 是一家加密货币公司,也是在执法部门指导下创建的代币,作为政府的调查。第四家做市商 Gotbit、其首席执行官和两名董事也因实施类似计划而受到指控。
Specifics regarding the defendants and conduct are detailed in Attachment A below.
有关被告及其行为的具体情况详见下文附件 A。
“This investigation, the first of its kind, identified numerous fraudsters in the cryptocurrency industry. Wash trading has long been outlawed in the financial markets, and cryptocurrency is no exception. These are cases where an innovative technology – cryptocurrency – met a century old scheme – the pump and dump. The message today is, if you make false statements to trick investors, that’s fraud. Period. Our Office will aggressively pursue fraud, including in the cryptocurrency industry,” said Acting United States Attorney Joshua Levy. “These charges are also a stark reminder of how vigilant online investors must be and that doing your homework before diving into the digital frontier is critical. People considering making investments in the cryptocurrency industry should understand how these scams work so that they can protect themselves.”
“这项调查是此类调查中的首次,发现了加密货币行业中的众多欺诈者。清洗交易在金融市场上早已被禁止,加密货币也不例外。在这些案例中,创新技术——加密货币——遇到了一个世纪之久的方案——拉高和抛售。今天要传达的信息是,如果你做出虚假陈述来欺骗投资者,那就是欺诈。时期。我们的办公室将积极追查欺诈行为,包括加密货币行业的欺诈行为,”代理美国检察官约书亚·利维 (Joshua Levy) 表示。 “这些指控也清楚地提醒我们,在线投资者必须保持警惕,在进入数字领域之前做好功课至关重要。考虑投资加密货币行业的人们应该了解这些骗局是如何运作的,以便保护自己。”
“What the FBI uncovered in this case is essentially a new twist to old-school financial crime. ‘Operation Token Mirrors’ targeted nefarious token developers, promoters, and market makers in the crypto space. What we uncovered has resulted in charges against the leadership of four cryptocurrency companies, and four crypto ‘market makers’ and their employees who are accused of spearheading a sophisticated trading scheme that allegedly bilked honest investors out of millions of dollars,” said Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division. “The FBI took the unprecedented step of creating its very own cryptocurrency token and company to identify, disrupt, and bring these alleged fraudsters to justice.”
“联邦调查局在这起案件中发现的本质上是传统金融犯罪的新变种。 “Operation Token Mirrors”针对的是加密货币领域的邪恶代币开发商、推广者和做市商。我们发现的情况导致四家加密货币公司的领导层以及四家加密货币“做市商”及其员工受到指控,他们被指控带头实施复杂的交易计划,据称诈骗了诚实的投资者数百万美元。”负责联邦调查局波士顿分部的特工。 “联邦调查局采取了前所未有的步骤,创建了自己的加密货币代币和公司,以识别、破坏这些涉嫌欺诈者并将其绳之以法。”
If you bought or sold any of the tokens referenced below, please fill out this form.
如果您购买或出售了下面提到的任何代币,请填写此表格。
The Securities & Exchange Commission has filed civil complaints alleging violations of the securities laws in relation to the conduct at Gotbit, CLS, ZM Quant, Saitama and Robo Inu. Valuable assistance was provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Legal Attachés (Madrid and London), Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria European Network of Fugitive Active Search Team (ENFAST), the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency’s National Extradition Unit, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Boston Field Office and the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
美国证券交易委员会已提起民事诉讼,指控 Gotbit、CLS、ZM Quant、Saitama 和 Robo Inu 的行为违反了证券法。联邦调查局法律专员(马德里和伦敦)、葡萄牙司法警察欧洲逃犯主动搜查队网络(ENFAST)、英国国家犯罪局国家引渡部门、波士顿国税局刑事调查局提供了宝贵的协助外地办公室和刑事司计算机犯罪和知识产权科、国家加密货币执法小组。
Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Jodi Cohen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher J. Markham and David M. Holcomb of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit are prosecuting the cases.
美国代理检察官约书亚·利维 (Joshua S. Levy) 和负责联邦调查局波士顿分部的特工乔迪·科恩 (Jodi Cohen) 宣布了这一消息。美国证券、金融和网络欺诈部门的助理检察官 Christopher J. Markham 和 David M. Holcomb 正在对这些案件进行起诉。
The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the court of law.
指控文件中包含的细节是指控。除非法庭在合理怀疑范围内证明有罪,否则被告被推定为无罪。
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ATTACHMENT A
附件A
The following individuals and entities have been charged in U.S. District Court in Boston, Mass.:
以下个人和实体已在马萨诸塞州波士顿的美国地方法院受到指控:
Aleksei Andriunin, Fedor Kedrov, Qawi Jalili, Gotbit Consulting LLC (Gotbit) – According to court documents, Gotbit was
Aleksei Andriunin、Fedor Kedrov、Qawi Jalili、Gotbit Consulting LLC (Gotbit) – 根据法庭文件,Gotbit 是
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