CFTC et FTC poursuivent l'ancien PDG de Voyager pour fraude
- The CFTC claims that Ehrlich made several misleading statements about the safety of users’ assets.
- FTX et Binance.US envisageaient de racheter Voyager, mais les accords n'ont pas abouti.
- The bankruptcy court approved Voyager’s repayment plans in May.
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 accusé Ehrlich avec des fraudes et des erreurs d'enregistrement pour l'exploitation d'un pool de produits non enregistré.
L'agence prévoit d'exiger des interdictions permanentes de commerce et d'enregistrement, la restitution, la restitution et des sanctions civiles pécuniaires. La commission a écrit dans un déclaration 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.”
Selon le directeur de l'application de la CFTC, 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 était l’une des plateformes de prêt crypto les plus remarquables avant son effondrement à l’été 2022. À son apogée, Voyager promettait à ses clients des bénéfices pouvant atteindre 12% sur leurs actifs.
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.
Les régulateurs américains ont pris des mesures coercitives contre plusieurs sociétés de cryptographie et leurs fondateurs. La CFTC et FTX ont des affaires en cours contre des dirigeants de crypto tels que les anciens PDG de Celsius et FTX, Alex Mashinsky et Sam Bankman-Fried.