A series of legal actions and criminal charges related to cryptocurrency fraud have emerged recently. In Hong Kong, a District Court ordered the recovery of HK$1.85 million (approximately US$238,000) in a civil case against JPEX, a cryptocurrency company implicated in fraudulent activities. Meanwhile, in the U.S., a Buffalo man pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, having used at least 63 stolen identities to defraud victim lenders of $3.5 million. Additionally, U.S. prosecutors charged an Australian man with fraud, computer security breaches, and money laundering, alleging he skimmed over $47 million from elderly Americans through a cyberscam. In Thailand, authorities dismantled a cross-border crypto scam that defrauded a local investor of over $620,000, arresting multiple suspects from Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Furthermore, the founder of MyTrade, a cryptocurrency financial services firm, pleaded guilty to market manipulation involving digital tokens, including one created by the FBI to combat fraud in the crypto sector. Lastly, a Singaporean citizen faces U.S. court charges for a $274 million Bitcoin theft in a major crypto scam.
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The founder and primary operator of “MyTrade,” a financial services firm known in the cryptocurrency industry as a “market maker,” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to manipulate cryptocurrency markets on behalf of client… https://t.co/C2LNzZZyPZ
The founder of MyTrade, a cryptocurrency financial services firm, pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme to manipulate the market for digital tokens, including one created at the FBI's behest to help ferret out fraud in the crypto sector. More here: https://t.co/1YyasAn9Em