
CFTC e FTC processam ex-CEO da Voyager por fraude
- The CFTC claims that Ehrlich made several misleading statements about the safety of users’ assets.
- Tanto a FTX quanto a Binance.US tinham planos de comprar a Voyager, mas os negócios não tiveram sucesso.
- 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 carregada Ehrlich por fraude e erros de registro por operar um pool de mercadorias não registrado.
A agência planeja buscar proibições permanentes de comércio e registro, restituição, restituição e penalidades monetárias civis. A comissão escreveu em um declaração 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.”
De acordo com o diretor de fiscalização da 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.
A Voyager era uma das plataformas de empréstimo criptográfico de destaque antes de seu colapso no verão de 2022. No seu auge, a Voyager prometeu aos clientes lucros de até 12% sobre seus ativos.
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.
Os reguladores dos EUA tomaram medidas coercivas contra várias empresas de criptografia e seus fundadores. A CFTC e a FTX têm casos pendentes contra executivos de criptomoedas, como os ex-CEOs da Celsius e da FTX, Alex Mashinsky e Sam Bankman-Fried.