CFTC e FTC fanno causa all'ex CEO di Voyager per frode

• The CFTC claims that Ehrlich made several misleading statements about the safety of users’ assets.
• Sia FTX che Binance.US avevano in programma di acquisire Voyager, ma gli accordi non hanno avuto successo.
• 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 addebitato Ehrlich per frode ed errori di registrazione per aver gestito un pool di merci non registrate.

L'agenzia prevede di ottenere divieti permanenti di commercio e registrazione, sboccatura, restituzione e sanzioni pecuniarie civili. La commissione ha scritto in a dichiarazione 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.”

Secondo il direttore dell'applicazione della 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 era una delle piattaforme di prestito crittografico più importanti prima del suo collasso nell'estate del 2022. Al suo apice, Voyager prometteva ai clienti profitti fino a 12% sui loro asset.

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.

Le autorità di regolamentazione statunitensi hanno intrapreso azioni coercitive contro diverse società crittografiche e i loro fondatori. CFTC e FTX hanno cause pendenti contro dirigenti di criptovalute come gli ex amministratori delegati di Celsius e FTX, Alex Mashinsky e Sam Bankman-Fried.

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