SEC指控的PGI Global创始人欺骗了近2亿美元的投资者

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）负责现已停产的加密货币和外汇投资公司PGI Global的创始人，违反了联邦

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today charged the founder of now-defunct crypto and foreign exchange investment company PGI Global, with engaging in a "Ponzi-like scheme" to defraud investors over the course of two years.

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）今天指控现已停产的加密货币和外汇投资公司PGI Global的创始人，并在两年的时间内违反了“类似庞氏骗局的计划”。

According to regulators, Ramil Palafox, 59, of Las Vegas, Nevada, is also the subject of parallel criminal charges being brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ). A Virginia grand jury indicted Palafox in March with 23 counts of fraud, including eight counts of wire fraud.

根据监管机构，内华达州拉斯维加斯的59岁的拉米尔·帕拉福克斯（Ramil Palafox）也是司法部（DOJ）提出的平行刑事指控的主题。弗吉尼亚大陪审团在3月起起诉Palafox，涉嫌欺诈罪，其中包括八项电汇欺诈罪。

However, due to what prosecutors described as Palafox’s “substantial ties” to the Philippines, including dual citizenship, the judge overseeing his criminal case on Tuesday issued an order that Palafox should remain in custody until further notice.

但是，由于检察官称Palafox与菲律宾的“实质性联系”，包括双重公民身份，法官在周二监督其刑事案件的法官发布了一项命令，即Palafox应继续拘留，直到另行通知。

According to the SEC’s complaint, PGI Global was a crypto investment scheme that ran from January 2020 to October 2021. Approximately 90,000 investors around the world purchased membership packages with either bitcoin (BTC) or fiat currency that promised hefty returns on their investments — up to 3% daily and a 200% total return.

根据SEC的投诉，PGI Global是一项加密投资计划，该计划从2020年1月到2021年10月。全球大约有90,000名投资者购买了带有比特币（BTC）或法定货币的会员套餐，或者承诺在投资上获得大量回报，最多每天3％，总回报率为200％。

But instead of actually investing his clients’ money, prosecutors say Palafox spent over a quarter of the funds unjustly enriching himself and his family members, and used the rest to pay back earlier investors in the scheme until it collapsed.

但是，检察官说，与其实际投资客户的钱，不如说，Palafox花费了四分之一以上的资金来不公正地丰富自己和他的家人，并用其余的人用其他资金来偿还该计划的早期投资者，直到倒塌为止。

"Palafox used the guise of innovation to lure investors into lining his pockets with millions of dollars while leaving many victims e, " said Laura D’Allaird, chief of the SEC’s new Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit. "In reality, his false claims of crypto industry expertise and a supposed AI-powered auto-trading platform were just masking an international securities fraud."

SEC新的网络和新兴技术部门负责人Laura D'Allaird说：“ Palafox利用创新的幌子吸引投资者将自己的口袋与数百万美元的同时衬里。” “实际上，他对加密行业专业知识和所谓的AI驱动自动交易平台的虚假主张只是掩盖了国际证券欺诈。”

Since the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term in January, the SEC has drastically overhauled its approach to crypto regulation.

自从美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）在一月份的第二任期开始以来，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）已彻底大修了其加密监管的方法。

After years of instituting an aggressive agenda focused largely on pressuring crypto companies into registering their offerings with the agency, the SEC has dropped several investigations and some litigation against crypto firms that were being pursued by the agency’s Enforcement Division.

经过多年提起积极的议程，重点是向加密货币公司施加压力，要求其在该机构注册其产品后，SEC已撤销了几项调查，并针对该机构执法部门正在提起的加密货币公司进行了一些诉讼。

Despite its about-face on the so-called “regulation-by-enforcement” practiced during former Chair Gary Gensler’s tenure, the SEC has promised that it will continue to go after crypto-related securities fraud.

尽管在前主席加里·盖斯勒（Gary Gensler）任职期间实行所谓的“逐项法规”，但SEC承诺将继续在与加密货币相关的证券欺诈之后继续进行。

Similarly, the DOJ has narrowed its approach to crypto-related prosecution, disbanding its crypto task force and instructing staff not to criminally charge regulatory violations in cases involving crypto. In a memo to staff last month, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told prosecutors to focus their efforts on going after “individuals who victimize digital asset investors.”

同样，司法部也缩小了与加密相关起诉的方法，解散其加密货币工作队，并指示员工在涉及加密货币的案件中不要刑事违法行为。上个月，副检察长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）在给员工的备忘录中，告诉检察官将努力集中在追求“受害数字资产投资者的个人”上。

In Palafox’s case, the SEC is aiming to get investors’ money back, plus interest and civil penalties, as well as get injunctive relief that would prevent him from similar crimes in the future. The SEC is also seeking to get money back from several of Palafox’s family members, including his wife, Marissa Mendoza Palafox, and his brother-in-law, Darvie Mendoza.

就Palafox而言，SEC的目的是使投资者的资金恢复，再加上利息和民事处罚，并获得了禁令的救济，以阻止他将来遭受类似的罪行。 SEC还试图从Palafox的几个家庭成员中赚钱，包括他的妻子Marissa Mendoza Palafox和他的姐夫Darvie Mendoza。

In a submission to the court, the DOJ has said that Palafox — if found guilty — is facing “at least 108-135 months’ imprisonment,” or 9 to 11 years.

司法部在向法院提交的情况下说，帕拉福克斯（如果被判有罪）面临“至少108-135个月的监禁”，即9至11年。

Palafox’s lawyer did not respond to an email seeking comment.

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