土耳其当局捣毁加密货币庞氏骗局智能贸易币，拘留 100 多名嫌疑人

过去几年中，所谓的庞氏骗局已经窃取了超过 10 亿美元。

Turkish authorities have busted a major crypto Ponzi scheme operating in the country, detaining over 100 suspects and seizing assets worth 1 billion Turkish Lira ($530 million).

土耳其当局捣毁了在该国运作的一个重大加密货币庞氏骗局，拘留了 100 多名嫌疑人，并扣押了价值 10 亿土耳其里拉（5.3 亿美元）的资产。

The operation, dubbed "CYBERGÖZ-42," was announced on Thursday by Turkey's Minister of Interior, Ali Yerlikaya, who revealed that the scam had defrauded investors to the tune of 32 billion Turkish Lira (over $1 billion) over the past few years.

土耳其内政部长阿里·耶利卡亚 (Ali Yerlikaya) 周四宣布了这一名为“CYBERGÖZ-42”的行动，他透露，该骗局在过去几年中已诈骗投资者 320 亿土耳其里拉（超过 10 亿美元）。

According to Yerlikaya's post on social media, the fraudulent crypto trading platform, known as Smart Trade Coin STC, lured investors with promises of "high profits with zero risk." The platform's team assured customers that their investments were secure thanks to the platform's "Stop loss" function and "advanced trading bots" that performed automatic buy and sell transactions.

根据 Yerlikaya 在社交媒体上发布的帖子，这个名为 Smart Trade Coin STC 的欺诈性加密货币交易平台以“高利润、零风险”的承诺来吸引投资者。该平台的团队向客户保证，由于该平台的“止损”功能和执行自动买卖交易的“高级交易机器人”，他们的投资是安全的。

However, the investigation uncovered the platform's true nature as a classic Ponzi scheme that pilfered over 1 billion USD (32 billion Turkish Lira) from users. Existing investors were reportedly promised to "receive profit" if they brought new customers to the crypto platform, whose funds were then used to keep the scheme afloat.

然而，调查揭露了该平台作为经典庞氏骗局的真实本质，从用户那里窃取了超过 10 亿美元（320 亿土耳其里拉）。据报道，现有投资者被承诺，如果他们为加密货币平台带来新客户，他们将“获得利润”，然后他们的资金将被用来维持该计划的运转。

Turkish authorities carried out the operation in 21 provinces of Ankara, detaining 127 suspects for committing "international fraud by creating a Ponzi scheme" and committing "crime and laundering of assets obtained from crime."

土耳其当局在安卡拉21个省开展了行动，拘留了127名嫌疑人，罪名是“通过制造庞氏骗局进行国际欺诈”和“犯罪和洗钱犯罪所得资产”。

During the operation, authorities seized over 177 immovable assets and 61 movable assets, to the tune of 1 billion Turkish Lira. They also confiscated an unlicensed gun, a blank firearm gun, and several crypto assets.

在行动中，当局查获了超过 177 项不动产和 61 项动产，价值达 10 亿土耳其里拉。他们还没收了一把无证枪支、一把空枪和一些加密资产。

Smart Trade Coin has been on the radar for being a scam since 2021, with Turkish investors protesting the company and its practices over the years, according to local media.

据当地媒体报道，自 2021 年以来，Smart Trade Coin 一直因诈骗而受到关注，土耳其投资者多年来一直抗议该公司及其做法。

The Kocaeli Newspaper reported on the dozens of criminal complaints filed against the crypto trading platform. In 2021, 50 people gathered in front of Ankara Courthouse to protest Smart Trade Coin and its team.

科贾埃利报纸报道了针对加密货币交易平台提出的数十起刑事投诉。 2021 年，50 人聚集在安卡拉法院前抗议 Smart Trade Coin 及其团队。

The victims' lawyer, Yagiz Kaya, stated that over 50,000 people had been scammed in Turkey by the company. At the time, no action had been taken despite the multiple complaints filed and the estimated $2 billion loss of investors' money.

受害者的律师 Yagiz Kaya 表示，土耳其有超过 50,000 人被该公司诈骗。尽管收到了多起投诉，并且投资者的资金损失估计高达 20 亿美元，但当时仍未采取任何行动。

Some testimonies from victims recount how they were encouraged to take out loans and sell their houses or cars to make "36 percent profit per month." Instead of large profits, most customers ended up empty-handed and in debt.

一些受害者的证词讲述了他们如何被鼓励贷款并出售房屋或汽车以赚取“每月 36% 的利润”。大多数客户最终没有获得巨额利润，而是空手而归，负债累累。

In 2023, AI Multiple Research, a data analysis and research platform, conducted a study on Smart Trade Coin. According to their investigation, the platform was deemed as likely to be a crypto scam and customers were advised against investing in the platform.

2023年，数据分析研究平台AI Multiple Research对Smart Trade Coin进行了研究。根据他们的调查，该平台被认为可能是一个加密货币骗局，并建议客户不要投资该平台。

Cem Dilmegani, Head analyst at AI Multiple, pointed out the company's unrealistic claims. The now-unavailable website claimed to "provide software that connects to multiple crypto exchanges" and "help users to use one app to manage multiple crypto exchange accounts."

AI Multiple 首席分析师 Cem Dilmegani 指出该公司的说法不切实际。该网站目前已无法使用，声称“提供连接多个加密货币交易所的软件”，并“帮助用户使用一个应用程序管理多个加密货币交易所账户”。

Dilmegani explained that, although not impossible, arbitrage between exchanges would be very difficult to do in practice. Moreover, he stated:

迪尔梅加尼解释说，虽然并非不可能，但交易所之间的套利在实践中很难进行。此外，他还表示：

"Even if this company built the technology to achieve consistent earnings via arbitrages, it wouldn’t market itself to retail investors. It would raise funds and do arbitrage at a large scale."

“即使这家公司建立了通过套利实现持续盈利的技术，它也不会向散户投资者推销自己。它会大规模筹集资金并进行套利。”

Ultimately, the analyst highlighted the company's opaque business practices, deceiving marketing, and lack of information as signals that the company had been a scam from the get-go.

最终，这位分析师强调了该公司不透明的商业行为、欺骗性营销以及缺乏信息，这些都表明该公司从一开始就是一个骗局。