Le fondateur de Terra a encaissé 10 000 BTC via une banque suisse : SEC
- Do Kwon a encaissé 10 000 Bitcoins (BTC), affirme la Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) des États-Unis dans sa plainte.
- Les 10 000 BTC ont été vendus au comptant par le fondateur de l'écosystème Terra à l'aide d'une banque suisse.
- The crypto entrepreneur cashed out more than $100 million worth of BTC between “June 2022 and the date of this complaint.”
- Les 10 000 BTC ont été transférés d'un échange centralisé vers un entrepôt frigorifique où ces jetons sont restés inactifs pendant une brève période.
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.
Selon un rapport 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.”
Il est crucial de noter que le régulateur affirme que les 10 000 Bitcoins ont été transférés d'un échange centralisé vers un stockage à froid, où ces jetons sont restés inactifs pendant une brève période après l'effondrement du stablecoin TerraUSD. Fait intéressant, la détention de Bitcoin a commencé à quitter l'entrepôt frigorifique l'année dernière, affirme la SEC tout en ajoutant qu'une banque en Suisse a été utilisée pour échanger le BTC contre de l'argent.
Comme indiqué précédemment par Bitnation, la SEC a poursuivi Do Kwon et 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.”
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.
De plus, l'emplacement de Kwon est inconnu depuis l'année dernière et, selon les rapports, l'entrepreneur en crypto était quelque part en Serbie 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.