市场操纵者非法获利71亿韩元

自去年七月法律颁布以来

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.

检察官指控一名个人操纵加密货币价格以获取 71 亿韩元（约合 590 万美元），这是根据《虚拟资产用户保护法》提出的首例起诉案件。

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.

首尔南地方检察厅虚拟资产犯罪联合调查组（朴建旭）3月3日宣布，对加密货币管理公司代表李模（33岁）和前员工姜模（朴建旭）进行逮捕和起诉。 28) 违反虚拟资产法。

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日期间下指令操纵A-Coin价格，获取了71亿韩元的非法收益。

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.

检察官透露，李某通过经纪人B与A-Coin发行基金会签订了201万枚A-Coin的寄售合同。B要求李某提高A-Coin的价格，并同意分割销售收入的45%。

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涉嫌人为增加交易量以使A-Coin显得繁荣。他们反复以 A-Coin 的市场价格下达买卖订单。检方称，去年7月1日至21日期间，A-Coin的日均交易量仅为16万左右，但在操纵行为开始时的22日激增至245万左右。

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.

还有迹象表明有人使用自动订单程序来伪造交易量。他们根据A-Coin的价格波动，以比最后执行价格低3-11%或5-25%的价格下买单，取消订单，然后再次下买单。检方认为，这造成了购买压力大量涌入的假象，尽管实际交易并未发生。

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.

检察官去年10月至11月搜查了李某等人的住所，并于同年12月对李某和姜某取得了逮捕令。身在国外的经纪人B已收到逮捕令，并处于暂缓起诉状态。

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.

检察机关扣押并扣押了李在首尔江南区的公寓租赁押金约33亿韩元，以及价值约35亿韩元的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月首次颁布的《虚拟资产用户保护法》明确制裁虚拟资产价格操纵、内幕交易等不公平交易行为。检察机关表示：“我们将根据《虚拟资产用户保护法》的实施，彻底调查并严惩不正当交易行为。”

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

记者 朴施温 (ushire908@hankyung.com)