环球观热点：加密投资平台 TBIS 创始人因涉嫌 2100 万美元欺诈计划被判处四年零三个月监禁

2023-03-25 12:51:59 来源：哔哩哔哩

原文来自美国司法部官方网站，链接：

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-titanium-blockchain-sentenced-21m-cryptocurrency-fraud-scheme

The CEO and founder of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services Inc. (TBIS) was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison for his role in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme involving TBIS’s initial coin offering (ICO) that raised approximately $21 million from investors in the United States and overseas.

Titanium Blockchain基础设施服务公司（TBIS）的CEO和创始人因涉嫌参与一项加密货币欺诈计划而被判处四年零三个月的监禁，该计划涉及TBIS的首次代币发行（ICO），从美国和海外投资者那里筹集了大约2100万美元。

According to court documents, Michael Alan Stollery, 54, of Reseda, California, touted TBIS – a purported cryptocurrency investment platform – as a cryptocurrency investment opportunity, luring investors to purchase “BARs,” the cryptocurrency token or coin offered by TBIS’s ICO, through a series of false and misleading statements.

据法庭文件显示，54岁的Michael Alan Stollery（来自加州雷塞达）把TBIS描述为一个所谓的加密货币投资平台，通过一系列虚假和误导性陈述吸引投资者购买TBIS ICO提供的加密货币代币或硬币“BARs”。

Although he was required to do so, Stollery did not register the ICO regarding TBIS’s cryptocurrency investment offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), nor did he have a valid exemption from the SEC’s registration requirements.

尽管他有义务这样做，但Stollery没有向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）注册关于TBIS加密货币投资方案的ICO，也没有获得SEC注册要求的有效豁免。

To entice investors, Stollery falsified aspects of TBIS’s white papers, which purportedly offered investors and prospective investors an explanation of the cryptocurrency investment offering, including the purpose and technology behind the offering, how the offering was different from other cryptocurrency opportunities, and the prospects for the offering’s profitability.

为了吸引投资者，Stollery篡改了TBIS白皮书的某些方面，这些白皮书声称为投资者和潜在投资者提供了有关加密货币投资方案的说明，包括提供方案的目的和技术、方案与其他加密货币机会的不同之处以及方案的盈利前景。

Stollery also planted fake client testimonials on TBIS’s website and falsely claimed that he had business relationships with the Federal Reserve and dozens of prominent companies to create the false appearance of legitimacy.

Stollery还在TBIS网站上植入了虚假的客户推荐，并虚假宣称他与联邦储备系统和数十家知名公司有业务关系，以创造虚假的合法性。

Stollery did not use the invested money as promised but instead commingled the ICO investors’ funds with his personal funds, using at least a portion of the offering proceeds for expenses unrelated to TBIS, such as credit card payments and the payment of bills for his Hawaii condominium.

Stollery没有按照承诺使用投资款项，而是将ICO投资者的资金与个人资金混合使用，使用至少一部分募集资金用于与TBIS无关的费用，例如信用卡支付和夏威夷公寓的账单。

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division; and Acting Special Agent in Charge Cory Nootnagel of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Western Region, made the announcement.

司法部刑事司助理部长Kenneth A. Polite Jr.、联邦调查局刑事调查部助理局长Luis Quesada和联邦储备系统董事会和消费者金融保护局西部地区办事处特别探员Cory Nootnagel宣

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