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The other crypto bosses in US authorities’ crosshairs

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[1/5]Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance speaks during an event in Athens, Greece, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Onetime crypto poster child Sam Bankman-Fried was on Thursday found guilty of defrauding customers of his now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, in a high-profile criminal case that rocked the industry.

But he’s not the only one in regulators’ sights. As token prices plummeted last year, the sector saw other stunning meltdowns that put several industry moguls into authorities’ crosshairs.

Investigations are not necessarily an indication of wrongdoing, and charges may not result in convictions. All the executives below have denied wrongdoing.

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Binance and its CEO Zhao in June for allegedly operating “a web of deception.” Binance and Zhao were also sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in March for operating what the regulator alleged were an “illegal” exchange and a “sham” compliance program.

The SEC alleged that Binance artificially inflated its trading volumes, diverted customer funds, failed to restrict U.S. customers from its platform and misled investors about its market surveillance controls.

The company has said the SEC’s lawsuit was “unjustified by the facts, by the law, or by the Commission’s own precedent.” Zhao, a billionaire who was born in China and moved to Canada at the age of 12, called the CFTC’s complaint “unexpected and disappointing” and said it contained an “incomplete recitation of facts.”

Do Kwon

A South Korean national, Do Kwon co-founded Terraform Labs and developed the TerraUSD and Luna currencies. The market value of TerraUSD and Luna was once estimated at more than $40 billion, and their downfall precipitated a wider collapse in token prices.

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Kwon faces multiple charges of fraud in the U.S. and was arrested in Montenegro earlier this year for allegedly forging documents, authorities said. The SEC has also filed civil charges against Kwon and Terraform Labs, accusing the two of “orchestrating a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud.”

Kwon has denied forging documents, according to a Montenegrin court press release. In an Oct. 30 court filing, Terraform said the “SEC is evidentiarily no closer to proving that the defendants did anything wrong.”

Alex Mashinsky

The founder and former CEO of crypto lender Celsius Network’s company filed for bankruptcy in July 2022.

He has pleaded not guilty to U.S. fraud charges that he misled customers and artificially inflated the value of his company’s proprietary crypto token. In January, New York state’s attorney general sued Mashinsky, also alleging fraud. A lawyer for Mashinsky at the time said he denied those allegations and “looks forward to vigorously defending himself in court.”

Mashinsky also faces lawsuits from the SEC, the CFTC and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that allege he touted Celsius as safe even as the company took increasingly risky steps to deliver promised returns of as much as 17%.

Barry Silbert

Silbert is the boss of crypto group Digital Currency Group whose subsidiary Genesis Global Capital filed for bankruptcy in January.

He was sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James last month along with Genesis and DCG, alleging that they defrauded customers of more than $1 billion.

Silbert called the allegations baseless and said he would fight the lawsuit in court.

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“Last year, my and DCG’s goal was to help Genesis weather the storm… and position Genesis for success going forward. It is unfortunate that this lawsuit omits that fundamental fact,” he said.

Stephen Ehrlich

Stephen Ehrlich’s Voyager Digital is another casualty of last year’s crypto meltdown. The CFTC and the FTC have accused him of misleading customers about the safety of their assets while taking “excessive risks” that led to the crypto lender’s demise.

Ehrlich has said he was being used as a “scapegoat for the bad actions of others at different companies.”

“Having spent nearly my entire career working in regulated markets, including more than 10 years at public companies, I have never had a single blemish on my record,” he said in a statement last month.

Justin Sun

The SEC in March charged Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun and his companies including the Tron Foundation with fraud, accusing him of artificially inflating trading volume for his companies’ crypto tokens and concealing payment to celebrities to promote those tokens.

Sun said in a post on social media platform X that the complaint “lacks merit.”

Source: Reuters stories

Reporting by Niket Nishant and Hannah Lang; editing by Michelle Price and Anil D’Silva

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Niket Nishant reports on breaking news and the quarterly earnings of Wall Street’s largest banks, card companies, financial technology upstarts and asset managers. He also covers the biggest IPOs on U.S. exchanges, and late-stage venture capital funding alongside news and regulatory developments in the cryptocurrency industry. His writing appears on the finance, business, markets and future of money sections of the website. He did his post-graduation from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media (IIJNM) in Bengaluru.

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Hannah Lang covers financial technology and cryptocurrency, including the businesses that drive the industry and policy developments that govern the sector. Hannah previously worked at American Banker where she covered bank regulation and the Federal Reserve. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park and lives in Washington, DC.

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