В Черногории задержан сооснователь криптосхемы FutureNet Роман Зиемян

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Роман Зиемян (Roman Ziemian) проживал под чужим именем в Подгорице, столице Черногории, рассказывает полиция. Ордер на арест Зиемяна выдали Южная Корея и родная страна беглеца, Польша. Власти этих стран обвиняют сооснователя FutureNet в мошенничестве, а также краже и отмывании денег. В Республике Корея Зиемяну грозит пожизненное заключение. Высокий суд Подгорицы собирается рассматривать решение об экстрадиции.

Зиемян основал криптосхему FutureNet совместно со Стефаном Моргенштерном (Stephan Morgenstern) в 2018 году. Проект позиционировался как многоуровневый маркетинговый бизнес с токеном FuturoCoin (FTO). Сейчас токен не имеет никакой ценности.

В марте 2019 года Управление по конкуренции и защите прав потребителей Польши (UOKIK) объявило, что FutureNet может быть финансовой пирамидой. Фирма продавала «пакеты для участия» стоимостью от $10 до $10 000, обещая инвесторам прибыль. В середине 2020 года власти Южной Кореи начали расследовать деятельность FutureNet после получения жалоб от 950 человек, потерявших миллионы на вложениях в схему.

В октябре 2022 года Роман Зиемян был арестован в Италии, однако позднее отправлен под домашний арест и вскоре бежал из страны. В том же месяце в Греции был взят под стражу Стефан Моргенштерн. Он тоже оказался под домашним арестом и бежал в Албанию. В августе 2023 года албанские власти вышли на Моргенштерна и арестовали его. Обвиняемый должен быть экстрадирован в Южную Корею, где ему грозит пожизненное заключение.

В начале августа Апелляционный суд Черногории принял решение об экстрадиции сооснователя Terraform Labs До Квона (Do Kwon) в Южную Корею, где его собираются судить по обвинению в мошенничестве, связанном с крахом экосистемы Terra.

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