United States SEC Charged 5 Entities & 3 Individuals Involved in 2 Investment Scams via Fake Crypto Asset Trading Platforms NanoBit & CoinW6, NanoBit Impersonated Financial Industry Professionals in WhatsApp Groups with Investors Transferring $2 Million to NanoBit Bank Accounts In Hong Kong and with Crypto Assets Misappropriated, CoinW6 Used Linkedin, Instagram & WhatsApp to Promote Earning 3% Return Per Day in Crypto Asset Staking, Mining & Yield Farming Products
18th September 2024 | Hong Kong
The United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged 5 entities & 3 individuals involved in 2 investment scams via fake crypto asset trading platforms NanoBit & CoinW6. NanoBit impersonated financial industry professionals in WhatsApp groups and with investors transferring $2 million to NanoBit bank accounts in Hong Kong, and with crypto assets misappropriated. CoinW6 used Linkedin, Instagram & WhatsApp to promote earning 3% return per day in crypto asset staking, mining & yield farming products. United States SEC (17/9/24): “The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged five entities and three individuals in connection with two relationship investment scams involving fake crypto asset trading platforms NanoBit and CoinW6, respectively. The SEC’s two complaints allege that the defendants solicited investors via social media apps, lied to them to gain their trust and confidence, and then stole their money. These charges are the SEC’s first enforcement actions alleging these types of scams. The SEC’s complaint in SEC v. NanoBit Limited et al. alleges that, from approximately October 2023 to at least June 2024, scheme participants impersonated financial industry professionals in WhatsApp groups to build investors’ trust and then solicited their investments through the supposed NanoBit crypto asset trading platform. To persuade investors that the platform was safe, NanoBit allegedly falsely claimed that its affiliate, NanobitUS Securities, was an SEC-registered broker. The supposed financial professionals then touted fake initial coin offerings as a way for the investors to make substantial returns. As alleged, however, the NanoBit platform was fake, and investors’ funds in fact went to scheme participants who wired more than $2 million to bank accounts in Hong Kong and misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of investors’ crypto assets. The SEC’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charges NanoBit Limited, Radiant Horizons Limited, Sweet Karma Fashion Inc., Zhao Tropical Deli Inc., Jiajie Liu, Fei Liao, and Hua Zhao with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. The SEC seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement with prejudgment interest, and civil penalties against each defendant. Separately, the SEC’s complaint in SEC v. CoinW6 alleges that, from approximately July 2022 to at least December 2023, scheme participants who purported to be young, wealthy professionals contacted prospective investors via LinkedIn and Instagram and pursued romantic relationships over WhatsApp. Scheme participants gained investors’ trust and then convinced them to open accounts on CoinW6’s supposed crypto asset trading platform. As alleged, the schemers claimed that investors could earn up to a three percent return per day from CoinW6’s crypto asset staking, mining, and yield farming products. In reality, investors’ funds were misappropriated, and their ostensible investments, profits, and account balances were fictitious. When investors tried to withdraw their purported profits, the schemers allegedly demanded additional payments for taxes or fees, told investors that the crypto assets were frozen as part of a law enforcement inquiry, or tried to blackmail them using compromising romantic communications over WhatsApp. The SEC’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charges CoinW6 with offering and selling securities in unregistered offerings and with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. The SEC seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement with prejudgment interest, and civil penalties against CoinW6.”
“ United States SEC Charged 5 Entities & 3 Individuals Involved in 2 Investment Scams via Fake Crypto Asset Trading Platforms NanoBit & CoinW6, NanoBit Impersonated Financial Industry Professionals in WhatsApp Groups with Investors Transferring $2 Million to NanoBit Bank Accounts In Hong Kong and with Crypto Assets Misappropriated, CoinW6 Used Linkedin, Instagram & WhatsApp to Promote Earning 3% Return Per Day in Crypto Asset Staking, Mining & Yield Farming Products “
United States SEC Charged 5 Entities & 3 Individuals Involved in 2 Investment Scams via Fake Crypto Asset Trading Platforms NanoBit & CoinW6, NanoBit Impersonated Financial Industry Professionals in WhatsApp Groups with Investors Transferring $2 Million to NanoBit Bank Accounts In Hong Kong and with Crypto Assets Misappropriated, CoinW6 Used Linkedin, Instagram & WhatsApp to Promote Earning 3% Return Per Day in Crypto Asset Staking, Mining & Yield Farming Products
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