CFTC und FTC verklagen ehemaligen Voyager-CEO wegen Betrugs

• The CFTC claims that Ehrlich made several misleading statements about the safety of users’ assets.
• Sowohl FTX als auch Binance.US hatten Pläne, Voyager aufzukaufen, aber die Deals waren erfolglos.
• The bankruptcy court approved Voyager’s repayment plans in May.

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The Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit against Stephen Ehrlich, the former CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital, on Thursday for deceiving the platform’s users about the security of their holdings. The CFTC also berechnet Ehrlich mit Betrug und Registrierungsfehlern für den Betrieb eines nicht registrierten Warenpools.

Die Behörde plant dauerhafte Handels- und Registrierungsverbote, Abschöpfung, Rückerstattung und zivilrechtliche Geldstrafen. Die Kommission schrieb in einem Aussage on Thursday that “Ehrlich and Voyager falsely touted the Voyager platform as a “safe haven” to earn high-yield returns to induce customers to purchase and store digital asset commodities.”

Laut CFTC-Durchsetzungsdirektor Ian McGinley:

While representing that they would treat customers’ digital asset commodities safely and responsibly, behind the scenes, they took shockingly reckless risks with their customers’ assets, leading to Voyager’s bankruptcy and huge customer losses. When their business began to collapse, they continued lying to their customers, concealing Voyager’s true financial health.

In a parallel action, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had struck an agreement with Voyager “that will permanently ban it from handling consumers’ assets” and had sued Ehrlich for erroneously claiming that Voyager accounts were “safe” and insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The proposed settlement will see Voyager and its affiliate pay a $1.65 billion fee.

The charges claim that Ehrlich illegally transferred millions of dollars from Voyager to his wife, Francine, who was listed as a relief defendant in the FTC lawsuit. The focus of both lawsuits was Ehrlich’s misleading statements about Voyager’s financial situation in 2022.

Voyager war vor seinem Zusammenbruch im Sommer 2022 eine der herausragenden Krypto-Kreditplattformen. In seiner Blütezeit versprach Voyager seinen Kunden Gewinne von bis zu 12% auf ihr Vermögen.

Voyager filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2022, citing unfavorable market conditions. The case remains unresolved as of this writing. However, the bankruptcy court approved Voyager’s repayment plan in May.

US-Aufsichtsbehörden haben Durchsetzungsmaßnahmen gegen mehrere Kryptounternehmen und deren Gründer ergriffen. CFTC und FTX haben Verfahren gegen Krypto-Führungskräfte wie die ehemaligen CEOs von Celsius und FTX, Alex Mashinsky und Sam Bankman-Fried, anhängig.

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