Terraform Labs 和 Do Kwon 被罚款 45 亿美元以与 SEC 达成和解

Terraform Labs 将向证券监管机构支付近 44.7 亿美元。罚款包括约 36 亿美元的没收罚款、4.2 亿美元的民事罚款以及近 4.67 亿美元的判决前利息。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a final settlement with Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon in a fraud case related to the collapse of the Terra ecosystem, according to a court filing on Wednesday.

根据周三提交的一份法庭文件，美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 已与 Terraform Labs 及其联合创始人 Do Kwon 就与 Terra 生态系统崩溃相关的欺诈案达成最终和解。

Terraform Labs will pay the securities watchdog nearly $4.47 billion. The penalty includes disgorgement fines of around $3.6 billion, a civil penalty of $420 million, and nearly $467 million in prejudgment interest.

Terraform Labs 将向证券监管机构支付近 44.7 亿美元。罚款包括约 36 亿美元的没收罚款、4.2 亿美元的民事罚款以及近 4.67 亿美元的判决前利息。

On his part, Do Kwon is personally responsible for $110 million in disgorgement penalties and roughly $14.3 million in prejudgment interest, as per the settlement agreement.

根据和解协议，Do Kwon 个人须承担 1.1 亿美元的没收罚款和约 1,430 万美元的判决前利息。

The settlement follows a jury verdict holding Terraform Labs and Kwon accountable for the Terra ecosystem collapse, which resulted in a $40 billion loss for investors.

在达成和解之前，陪审团裁定 Terraform Labs 和 Kwon 对 Terra 生态系统崩溃负责，导致投资者损失 400 亿美元。

The settlement document states: “Payment of the monetary remedies against Kwon shall be deemed satisfied, provided that all transfers by Kwon to the SEC and the Terraform bankruptcy estate in the Bankruptcy Case total no less than $204,320,196, excluding the value of any Terraform Crypto Assets transferred to the Terraform bankruptcy estate, only if and until Kwon completes: (1) transferring into an escrow account agreed by Kwon and the Commission staff $4,700,000 within 30 days of Final Judgment.”

和解文件指出：“如果 Kwon 向 SEC 以及破产案中 Terraform 破产财产的所有转账总额不少于 204,320,196 美元，不包括任何 Terraform 加密资产的价值，则应视为对 Kwon 支付了货币救济。”转移到 Terraform 破产财产，前提是且直到 Kwon 完成：(1) 在最终判决后 30 天内将 4,700,000 美元转入 Kwon 和委员会工作人员同意的托管账户。”

Additionally, the agreement mandates the transfer of all crypto assets from the Luna Foundation Guard and Kwon’s PYTH token holdings to cover the costs associated with the disgorgement fines and prejudgment interest. Any surplus from the sale of these assets will be used to offset the civil penalty fines.

此外，该协议还要求转移 Luna Foundation Guard 和 Kwon 持有的 PYTH 代币中的所有加密资产，以支付与没收罚款和预判利息相关的费用。出售这些资产的任何盈余将用于抵消民事罚款。

The SEC had earlier sought to impose a $5.3 billion penalty, which would have been its largest fine yet on a cryptocurrency project.

SEC 早些时候曾寻求处以 53 亿美元的罚款，这将是迄今为止对加密货币项目的最大罚款。

Do Kwon is currently out on bail in Montenegro, awaiting extradition to either the U.S. or South Korea. He faces criminal charges in both countries. Kwon, who co-founded the algorithmic stablecoin Terra and its sister token LUNA, saw the Terra ecosystem collapse in May 2022, triggering widespread turmoil in the cryptocurrency industry.

Do Kwon 目前在黑山保释，等待引渡到美国或韩国。他在两国都面临刑事指控。 Kwon 是算法稳定币 Terra 及其姐妹代币 LUNA 的联合创始人，他目睹了 Terra 生态系统在 2022 年 5 月崩溃，引发了加密货币行业的广泛动荡。

The civil court jury in New York found Kwon and Terraform Labs liable for misleading customers regarding the safety of investing in their algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD (UST) and the utility of its underlying blockchain. Investors reportedly purchased over $2 billion worth of UST from exchanges and other trading venues.

纽约民事法院陪审团裁定 Kwon 和 Terraform Labs 在投资其算法稳定币 Terra USD (UST) 的安全性及其底层区块链的实用性方面误导客户。据报道，投资者从交易所和其他交易场所购买了价值超过 20 亿美元的 UST。

The SEC defended its proposed fines as “conservative” yet “reasonable,” citing the massive profits Kwon obtained from Terraform’s stablecoin despite its eventual failure.

美国证券交易委员会为其提议的罚款辩护，称其“保守”但“合理”，理由是 Kwon 从 Terraform 的稳定币中获得了巨额利润，尽管该稳定币最终失败了。

Terraform Labs was granted approval by court in March to cover legal expenses with its remaining funds.

Terraform Labs 今年 3 月获得法院批准，用其剩余资金支付法律费用。

The SEC has particularly taken issue with Terraform’s decision to hire the law firm Dentons, arguing that such a move is designed to shield funds from potential judgments in the lawsuit related to the collapse of TerraUSD.

美国证券交易委员会特别对 Terraform 聘请大成律师事务所的决定提出异议，认为此举旨在保护资金免受与 TerraUSD 崩溃相关的诉讼中潜在判决的影响。

Several enforcement authorities and financial regulators, including the Interpol, were already on the hunt for Kwon for his alleged involvement in the collapse of terraUSD (UST) stablecoin and the Terra ecosystem.

包括国际刑警组织在内的多个执法机构和金融监管机构已经开始追捕 Kwon，因为他涉嫌参与 terraUSD (UST) 稳定币和 Terra 生态系统的崩溃。