纽约男子因在外汇和加密货币计划中诈骗受害者而支付 3600 万美元

前旧金山人 William Koo Ichioka 将向其欺诈计划的受害者支付 3100 万美元的赔偿金和 500 万美元的民事罚款。

A New York man has been ordered to pay a total of $36 million for defrauding victims in a scheme involving forex and crypto.

一名纽约男子因在涉及外汇和加密货币的计划中诈骗受害者而被勒令支付总计 3600 万美元的赔偿金。

On Sept. 20, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced in a press release that William Koo Ichioka, formerly of San Francisco, will pay $31 million in restitution to the victims of his fraudulent scheme and $5 million in a civil monetary penalty.

9 月 20 日，美国商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 在一份新闻稿中宣布，前旧金山人 William Koo Ichioka 将向其欺诈计划的受害者支付 3100 万美元的赔偿金以及 500 万美元的民事罚款。

The fine was handed by Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in an order given on Sept. 19.

罚款是由美国加州北区地方法院法官文斯·查布里亚 (Vince Chhabria) 于 9 月 19 日发布的命令做出的。

The CFTC filed civil charges against Ichioka in June 2023. The charges involved the fraudulent soliciting and stealing over $21 million from more than 100 commodity pool participants. Ichioka admitted to the charges and agreed to an order of judgment.

CFTC 于 2023 年 6 月对 Ichioka 提起民事指控。这些指控涉及欺诈性招揽并从 100 多名商品池参与者那里窃取超过 2100 万美元。市冈承认指控并同意判决。

The allegations against Ichioka relate to a scheme from 2018 that lied to unsuspecting participants in investment funds.

针对 Ichioka 的指控与 2018 年的一项计划有关，该计划对毫无戒心的投资基金参与者撒谎。

Ichioka claimed that investors would get a 10% return on their funds every 30 days. However, this did not happen and Ichioka commingled funds from victims with his own money, using these funds on personal expenses such as rent, jewelry, and luxury vehicles.

Ichioka 声称，投资者每 30 天就能获得 10% 的资金回报。然而，这并没有发生，市冈将受害者的资金与他自己的钱混合在一起，将这些资金用于个人开支，如租金、珠宝和豪华车辆。

“To conceal his fraudulent activity, Ichioka overstated the value of assets he held by generating false financial documents and presenting false account statements to participants,” the CFTC noted in the press release.

CFTC 在新闻稿中指出：“为了掩盖其欺诈活动，Ichioka 通过生成虚假财务文件并向参与者提供虚假账户报表，夸大了他所持有资产的价值。”

The Ichioka case also had a parallel criminal case filed by the Department of Justice. The charges included wire fraud, false tax returns, and commodities fraud. For the five counts, the court sentenced Ichioka to 48 months in prison.

市冈案还有司法部提起的平行刑事案件。这些指控包括电汇欺诈、虚假纳税申报表和商品欺诈。针对这五项罪名，法院判处市冈 48 个月监禁。

He also received a 5-year supervised release sentence. The court imposed a $5 million fine and $31,330,715.86 in restitution.

他还被判处 5 年监督释放。法院判处 500 万美元罚款并赔偿 31,330,715.86 美元。

On August 14, 2023, the court ordered a permanent injunction and prohibited Ichioka from any future violations. He was also barred from trading in any CFTC-regulated markets or registering with the regulator.

2023 年 8 月 14 日，法院下令永久禁令，并禁止 Ichioka 今后再有任何违法行为。他还被禁止在任何商品期货交易委员会监管的市场进行交易或向监管机构注册。

According to the CFTC, that order and the monetary penalty mark the end of CFTC’s enforcement action against the New York resident.

据 CFTC 称，该命令和罚款标志着 CFTC 针对纽约居民的执法行动的结束。