Житель Вашингтона признан виновным в краже $35 млн для инвестиций в криптовалюты

cryptonews.ruPublicado em 2025-08-13Última atualização em 2025-11-14

Суд Западного округа Вашингтона признал бывшего финансового директора стартапа электронной коммерции Fabric из Сиэтла Невина Шетти (Nevin Shetty) виновным в нецелевом использовании $35 млн, которые он втайне от своего работодателя инвестировал в криптовалюты.

По данным прокуратуры, в марте 2021 года 41-летний Невин Шетти пришел на должность финансового директора Fabric. В то время компания, которая позднее переместила свою штаб-квартиру из Сиэтла в Сан-Франциско, привлекала финансирование, и Шетти занимался консервативными инвестициями привлеченных средств для развития бизнеса компании.

В начале 2022 года Шетти, без ведома вышестоящего начальства, перевел корпоративные средства в собственный криптовалютный стартап HighTower Treasury, а также на платформы децентрализованных финансов, обещавшие высокую доходность — 20% от вложенных средств. План Шетти состоял в том, чтобы выплачивать работодателю 6% годовых, а остальную прибыль оставлять в HighTower. В первый месяц Шетти со своим партнером заработали около $133 000. Однако в мае 2022 года его криптовалютные инвестиции полностью сгорели, в связи с паникой на крипторынке, которая произошла в связи с обвалом алгоритмического стейблкоина UST и токена LUNA экосистемы Terra.

Когда Шетти сознался коллегам в присвоении средств, он был уволен из компании, а ее руководство сообщило о краже в Федеральное бюро расследований (ФБР). Шетти было предъявлено обвинение в мае 2023 года. Судья Тана Лин (Tana Lin) назначила вынесение приговора на 11 февраля 2026 года. За мошенничество с использованием электронных средств связи нарушителю может грозить лишение свободы сроком до 20 лет.

Несколько лет назад похожая ситуация произошла с бывшим сотрудником банка Deutsche Bank Рашоном Расселом (Rashawn Russell), который обещал клиентам гарантированную прибыль от вложений в криптоактивы. Однако мужчина присвоил чужие средства, растратив их на собственные нужды.

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