
CFTC и FTC подали в суд на бывшего генерального директора Voyager за мошенничество
- The CFTC claims that Ehrlich made several misleading statements about the safety of users’ assets.
- И FTX, и Binance.US планировали выкупить Voyager, но сделки не увенчались успехом.
- 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 взимается Эрлиха с мошенничеством и ошибками регистрации за управление незарегистрированным товарным пулом.
Агентство планирует добиваться постоянных запретов на торговлю и регистрацию, возврата денег, реституции и гражданских денежных штрафов. Комиссия написала в утверждение 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.”
По словам директора по обеспечению исполнения CFTC Яна МакГинли:
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 была одной из выдающихся платформ криптокредитования до своего краха летом 2022 года. На пике своего развития Voyager обещала клиентам прибыль до 12% от их активов.
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.
Регуляторы США приняли принудительные меры против нескольких криптокомпаний и их основателей. В CFTC и FTX находятся на рассмотрении дела против руководителей криптовалют, таких как бывшие генеральные директора Celsius и FTX Алекс Машинский и Сэм Бэнкман-Фрид.