2 月 6 日,美国商品期货交易委员会(CFTC)宣布,美国联邦法院下令对非法加密货币投资平台 EmpiresX 的巴西创始人处以超过 1.3 亿美元的罚款和赔偿。
2 月 4 日,美国佛罗里达南区地方法院法官 Cecilia Altonaga 对 EmpiresX 创始人 Emerson Pires、Flavio Goncalves 及其合伙人 Joshua Nicholas 实施了永久禁令、经济处罚和其他法律行动。
该案最初于 2022 年 6 月 30 日提起,由于被告未能在截止日期前对指控作出回应,最终做出了缺席判决。根据法庭文件,Empires Consulting 运营了一项欺诈性投资计划 EmpiresX,该计划虚假地向投资者承诺高额回报。Pires 和 Goncalves 被指控通过虚假加密货币广告从受害者那里获取至少 4000 万美元。
创始人没有按照承诺投资这些资金,而是滥用它们购买比特币和以太坊,同时限制提款并显示不存在的投资的虚假利润。EmpireX 创始人将这些资金用于个人开支,包括购买奢侈品和旅行。尽管如此,调查人员还是从他们身上追回了约 2280 万美元的数字货币。
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