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Delio CEO sentenced to 15 years in prison on crypto fraud in South Korea
More than a year after being indicted on fraud charges related to his activities at crypto company Delio, Jeong Sang-ho faces prison time in South Korea.
A man was convicted of smuggling himself into Myawaddy and other parts of Myanmar to participate in telecom fraud, inducing victims to invest in cryptocurrencies.
Odaily Odaily reported yesterday that the Baoshan District Procuratorate in Shanghai announced a case in which the defendant, Huang, illegally crossed the border to participate in telecommunications fraud. He lured victims into investing in cryptocurrencies, and after the disbandment of his operation in Myawaddy, Myanmar, he continued to participate in "pig butchering" scams. Using AI face-swapping and foreign models to communicate, he gained the trust of victims and guided them to invest in cryptocurrency. Subsequently, a team leader would connect them with the victims, inducing them to register, deposit, and invest on fake websites. He was ultimately sentenced to two years and six months in prison for fraud and fined 30,000 yuan. (CCTV News)
The US CFTC has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency pool operator Trevor Vernon, alleging a $14.8 million investment fraud.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, the US CFTC filed a lawsuit against Trevor Vernon and his company, Argent Capital Management, on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges that between March 2022 and February 2026, Vernon operated a commodity pool involving stock index futures, options, and crypto assets, raising approximately $14.8 million from at least 60 investors and falsely advertising investment performance, thus committing investment fraud. The CFTC claims that the transactions resulted in losses exceeding $8.6 million for investors. Vernon allegedly concealed these losses and misappropriated approximately $3 million to pay returns to investors, operating in a manner "similar to a Ponzi scheme," and misappropriated $136,000 for private jet travel. The regulator also points out that the transactions involved commodities such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and is requesting the court to prohibit Vernon from continuing related trading and registration activities, recover illegal gains, impose civil penalties, and compensate investors.
The CFTC has charged a North Carolina man with a $14 million cryptocurrency and futures fraud.
According to Odaily Odaily, the U.S. CFTC has filed a lawsuit against Trevor Vernon, a North Carolina man, and his company, Argent Capital Management LLC, accusing them of defrauding approximately 60 investors of $14 million through a fake commodity Ponzi scheme. According to a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Vernon and his company operated commodity pools involved in trading across multiple asset classes, including stock index futures options, stock index futures contracts, and crypto assets. The CFTC stated that Vernon misled investors by claiming to be a "successful trader" through quarterly financial updates and monthly performance review emails, but in reality, he consistently incurred significant losses when using investor funds for trading. Regulators said Vernon had lost at least $8.6 million in futures, options, and crypto trading. The CFTC stated that its actual trading results were "consistent and catastrophic losses," significantly inconsistent with the profitability it presented to investors.
British Reform Party leader Farage has been exposed for failing to declare funding from the cryptocurrency gaming industry; one of the funders has a prior conviction for fraud.
PANews reported on July 6th that, according to an investigation by The Block citing The Sunday Times, Reform Party leader Nigel Farage failed to declare, as required, financial support from George Cottrell for security, drivers, social media personnel, and accommodations before his election as a Member of Parliament in 2024. Cottrell, who previously served eight months in prison in the US for wire fraud, later became a key figure in a cryptocurrency gambling platform. Farage only declared a £9,253 trip to Belgium funded by Cottrell and a £15,276 flight donation, failing to mention the security costs already paid by Cottrell.
Robinhood CEO: The future of cryptocurrency lies in real-world assets, not Memecoin.
PANews reported on July 3rd that, according to The Block, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated in an interview with CNBC that the key to growth in the crypto industry lies in the on-chaining of real-world assets, not meme tokens. Tenev stated, "If an asset isn't linked to underlying utility, it's not a productive asset," and believes that traditional finance and crypto are converging. He added, "Everything that runs on traditional tracks will eventually be on-chain and tokenized, like an unstoppable freight train." Robinhood launched its Stock Tokens service on Wednesday, allowing qualified users to trade tokenized stocks 24/7, and plans to offer exposure to private companies like OpenAI. Tenev stated that Bitcoin won't become irrelevant, but the next phase of growth in the industry will come from the tokenization of real-world assets.