Главе Gotbit грозит до 20 лет тюрьмы за манипулирование на крипторынке

RBK-cryptoPublished on 2024-11-01Last updated on 2024-11-01

Власти США называют дело компании Gotbit первым уголовным преследованием за манипулирование рынком в сфере криптовалют

Главе компании-маркетмейкера Gotbit Алексею Андрюнину предъявили обвинения в мошенничестве и сговоре с целью манипулирования рынком. В обвинении Минюста США упоминаются еще двое сотрудников Gotbit — Федор Кедров и Куави Джалили. По совокупности обвинений Андрюнину может грозить до 20 лет тюремного срока.

Андрюнин 6 октября был задержан в Португалии по запросу США. Это и другие задержания прошли в рамках обвинений Минюста и Комиссии по ценным бумагам и биржам США (SEC) против Gotbit и еще трех компаний — ZM Quant, CLS Global и MyTrade.

Все компании обвиняются в манипулировании рынком и в фиктивных сделках (wash trading) для искусственной накрутки торговых объемов для токенов. По словам обвинителей, это стало первым уголовным преследованием за манипулирование рынком в сфере криптовалют.

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Задержанный Андрюнин в ходе нескольких интервью блогерам на YouTube рассказывал, что его компания занимается «созданием ликвидности» и в основном договаривается с разработчиками, токены которых находятся за пределами топ-100 крупнейших криптовалют и не торгуются на крупных биржах.

В обвинении Минюста также есть отсылка к его интервью изданию Coindesk 2019 года, где он рассказывал о том, как работает Gotbit, и ведомство трактует его слова как прямое подтверждение рыночных манипуляций.

В рамках расследования против Gotbit и других компаний ФБР США создало собственный криптотокен под названием NexFundAI и зарегистрировало одноименную компанию, чтобы заключить с ними договор и доказать факты накрутки торговых объемов и манипулирования рынком.

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Ранее в октябре SEC впервые предъявила обвинение за создание мемкоинов и манипулирование их ценой частному лицу — гражданке Вьетнама по имени Вай Фам, проживающей в Лос-Анжелесе. Как сообщается, Фам ответственна за создание токенов Saitama Inu в 2021 году, а также токена Robo Inu и связанной с ним платформы ROBO Global, и оба из них фигурируют в обвинении против Gotbit.

По данным американского Минюста, Фам наняла Gotbit в качестве маркетмейкера для Robo Inu. Согласно документам, с февраля 2022 по июнь 2023 года команда Gotbit занималась накруткой торговых объемов для токена и создавала видимость ажиотажа вокруг токена за счет фиктивных сделок (wash trading).

В обвинительных документах SEC присутствуют примеры переписок участников в Telegram, точные суммы и даты фиктивных сделок, методы, которые применяла Gotbit, и даже стикеры и изображения-мемы, которые использовались в чатах и соцсетях для привлечения инвесторов.

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