美國證券交易委員會（SEC）指控加密貨幣創業公司Unicoin及其精心策劃大規模欺詐計劃的高管

美國證券交易委員會（SEC）指控加密貨幣創業公司Unicoin及其高管策劃了龐大的欺詐計劃。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused cryptocurrency startup Unicoin and its top executives of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme.

美國證券交易委員會（SEC）指責加密貨幣創業公司Unicoin及其高管策劃了一項龐大的欺詐計劃。

The SEC alleges that they raised more than $100 million from thousands of investors using false promises about asset-backed tokens and inflated fundraising numbers.

美國證券交易委員會（SEC）聲稱，他們使用有關資產支持的代幣和籌款數字的虛假承諾向數千名投資者籌集了超過1億美元。

However, the assets backing these promises were valued at just a fraction of what Unicoin advertised.

但是，支持這些承諾的資產僅佔Unicoin廣告宣傳的一小部分。

The SEC’s 77-page complaint, filed May 20 in the Southern District of New York, focuses on a scheme allegedly masterminded by CEO Alex Konanykhin and senior executives Silvina Moschini and Alex Dominguez.

SEC 77頁的投訴於5月20日在紐約南部地區提起，重點介紹了首席執行官Alex Konanykhin和高級高管Silvina Moschini和Alex Dominguez策劃的計劃。

The complaint claims that Unicoin misled over 5,000 investors by marketing “rights certificates” as safe, asset-backed investments.

投訴稱，Unicoin通過營銷“權利證書”誤導了5,000多名投資者，這是安全的，資產支持的投資。

The majority of the company’s sales of rights certificates were illusory, according to Mark Cave, Associate Director at SEC Enforcement.

SEC執法副主任馬克·凱夫（Mark Cave）表示，該公司的大多數銷售權利證書都是虛幻的。

Unicoin is accused of boasting $3 billion in sales while actually raising no more than $110 million, and its tokens, portrayed as fully SEC-registered, were never formally registered.

Unicoin被指控擁有30億美元的銷售額，而實際上籌集了不超過1.1億美元，而其代幣被描繪成完全註冊的代幣，從未正式註冊。

Konanykhin personally sold nearly 38 million rights certificates, targeting investors otherwise barred by company rules, and these actions allegedly flout federal securities laws.

Konanykhin親自出售了近3800萬份權利證書，以公司規則禁止的投資者，而這些行動據稱是Flout Federal Securities Laws。

Unicoin ran splashy advertisements on thousands of New York City taxis, airport screens, televisions, and social media platforms, promoting its tokens as secure investments tied to substantial real-world assets.

Unicoin在成千上萬的紐約出租車，機場屏幕，電視和社交媒體平台上進行了蓬勃發展的廣告，並將其代幣促進了與大量現實世界資產相關的安全投資。

The SEC cites these widespread marketing campaigns as evidence of deceptive intent. Unicoin launched alongside a Shark Tank-style TV show, Unicorn Hunters, featuring Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and political advisor Moe Vela, who spoke to CryptoSlate at the time.

SEC引用了這些廣泛的營銷活動作為欺騙性意圖的證據。 Unicoin與鯊魚坦克風格的電視節目，Unicorn Hunters一起發行，由蘋果聯合創始人史蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克（Steve Wozniak）和政治顧問莫伊·韋拉（Moe Vela）發起，當時與加密餅乾交談。

Konanykhin responded defiantly, arguing the SEC’s intervention derailed the company’s growth trajectory.

Konanykhin反抗反應，認為SEC的干預措施使公司的增長軌跡脫軌。

“We would likely be a $10B+ publicly traded company by now if the SEC had not blocked our ICO,” Konanykhin said.

Konanykhin說：“如果SEC尚未阻止我們的ICO，我們現在可能是一家$ 10B+的上市公司。”

He described the charges as a politically motivated move orchestrated by “rogue officials” left over from former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s administration.

他將這些指控描述為由前SEC主席加里·加斯勒（Gary Gensler）政府剩下的“流氓官員”策劃的政治動機舉動。

This case emerges as a pivotal test of the SEC’s enforcement appetite under Chair Paul Atkins, widely viewed as adopting a softer stance on cryptocurrency.

此案作為對SEC執法食慾的關鍵測試，保羅·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）的主席，被廣泛認為是對加密貨幣採取柔和的立場。

However, the Unicoin charges suggest that significant retail fraud, particularly involving exaggerated asset claims, remains squarely within the regulator’s sights.

但是，Unicoin的指控表明，重大的零售欺詐，尤其是涉及誇張的資產主張，仍然是監管機構的視線中。

Unicoin’s general counsel, Richard Devlin, has already settled with the SEC, agreeing to a permanent injunction and paying a $37,500 penalty.

Unicoin的總法律顧問理查德·德夫林（Richard Devlin）已經與SEC達成和解，同意永久禁令並支付37,500美元的罰款。

This settlement hints at possible fractures within Unicoin’s defense strategy as the early stages of litigation could see Unicoin attempt to countersue or request venue changes.

這項和解暗示了Unicoin的防禦戰略中可能的骨折，因為訴訟的早期階段可能會看到Unicoin試圖反擊或要求更改場地。

The outcome of this case raises questions over the future regulatory treatment of asset-backed tokens and influences ongoing congressional discussions about potential crypto carve-outs.

該案的結果引起了人們對資產支持代幣的未來監管處理的疑問，並影響了有關潛在加密貨幣的持續的國會討論。