El fundador de Terra cobró 10K BTC a través de un banco suizo: SEC

• Do Kwon cobró 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC), afirma la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de los Estados Unidos (SEC) en su queja. 
• Los 10.000 BTC fueron vendidos en efectivo por el fundador del ecosistema Terra utilizando un banco suizo. 
• The crypto entrepreneur cashed out more than $100 million worth of BTC between “June 2022 and the date of this complaint.”
• Los 10.000 BTC se transfirieron de un intercambio centralizado a un almacenamiento en frío donde estos tokens permanecieron inactivos durante un breve período de tiempo.

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Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, the organization responsible for the maintenance and development of the TerraUSD stablecoin (now USTC) and the Terra (now Terra Classic) token, or LUNC, had cashed out almost 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s biggest crypto coin, according to a complaint filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulator has recently started cracking down on crypto firms.

Según un informe de Bloomberg, Kwon made use of an unnamed Swiss bank to cash out over 10,000 BTC. The SEC states in its complaint on Feb. 16 that after the collapse of the Terra ecosystem, which was Kwon’s brainchild, the crypto entrepreneur cashed out more than $100 million worth of BTC between “June 2022 and the date of this complaint.”

Es crucial tener en cuenta que el regulador afirma que los 10 000 Bitcoin se transfirieron de un intercambio centralizado a un almacenamiento en frío, donde estos tokens permanecieron inactivos durante un breve período de tiempo después del colapso de la moneda estable TerraUSD. Curiosamente, la tenencia de Bitcoin comenzó a moverse desde el almacenamiento en frío el año pasado, afirma la SEC y agrega que se utilizó un banco en Suiza para cambiar el BTC por efectivo. 

Como informó anteriormente Bitnation, la SEC demandó a Do Kwon y Terraform Labs claiming that the two together operated a fraudulent scheme and offered and sold an “inter-connected suite of crypto asset securities, many in unregistered transactions.” The regulator noted in the complaint that Kwon orchestrated “a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud” via the Terra stablecoin ecosystem. 

 “We allege that Terraform and Do Kwon failed to provide the public with full, fair, and truthful disclosure as required for a host of crypto asset securities, most notably for LUNA and Terra USD,” said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. “We also allege that they committed fraud by repeating false and misleading statements to build trust before causing devastating losses for investors.”

Hoy acusamos a Terraform Labs PTE Ltd, con sede en Singapur, y a Do Hyeong Kwon por orquestar un fraude de valores de criptoactivos multimillonario que involucra una moneda estable algorítmica y otros valores de criptoactivos.

— Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de EE. UU. (@SECGov) 16 de febrero de 2023

The Terra ecosystem collapsed in the month of May last year when the popularity of the LUNA (now LUNC) token peaked along with its TVL. Moreover, many institutions also had exposure to Do Kwon’s crypto coin and ecosystem. Interestingly, the collapse of the ecosystem led to many crypto firms losing a significant portion of their wealth, and some even filed for bankruptcy. 

Además, la ubicación de Kwon se desconoce desde el año pasado y, según los informes, el criptoempresario fue en algún lugar de Serbia and South Korean prosecutors said that, “We are continuing efforts to locate Kwon, and it’s difficult to confirm anything related to the investigation at this stage.”

“As alleged in our complaint, the Terraform ecosystem was neither decentralized, nor finance. It was simply a fraud propped up by a so-called algorithmic “stablecoin” – the price of which was controlled by the defendants, not any code,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.

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