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Former Cred execs face wire fraud and money laundering charges

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Ciaran Lyons8 hours agoFormer Cred execs face wire fraud and money laundering chargesAfter their initial court appearances on May 2, the former CEO and chief financial officer of Cred must enter their plea by May 8.2787 Total views18 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTJoin us on social networksThree former executives of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Cred have been charged over allegedly engaging in wire fraud and money laundering before the firm declared bankruptcy in November 2020.


“This prosecution demonstrates our determination to keep our markets free of fraudsters and safe for investors,” the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California wrote in a May 3 statement.


Former CEO Daniel Schatt and chief financial officer Joseph Podulka face 13 charges of wire fraud and money laundering, while chief commercial officer James Alexander is charged with four counts.


“It highlights a predatory, deceptive scheme defrauding potential victims of hundreds of millions of dollars of cryptocurrency at market value,” said Mark Mosley, criminal investigation acting special agent in charge at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.The three executives maximum sentence per count, if convicted. Source: United States Attorney’s Office for theNorthern District of California


When Cred declared bankruptcy in November 2020, Cointelegraph reported that numerous users turned to social media to voice their concerns and ask if “their funds are safe.”


Prosecutors allege that the three executives misled customers about Cred’s lending and investment practices.


Cred allegedly claimed to only engage in “collateralized or guaranteed lending,” that its cryptocurrency investments were “hedged,” and that it maintained an “all weather approach” to investment to protect against volatility.


However, the prosecutors claimed that Cred engaged in lending that “was neither collateralized nor guaranteed.”


Related:Bankrupt crypto lender Genesis seeks approval to sell $1.6B of trust assets


Schatt and Podulka appeared in court for the first time on May 2 and must return to enter a plea on May 8. Alexander’s initial court date has not yet been set.


The charges come as the former CEO of crypto lender Alex Mashinsky prepares for his sentencing hearing in September 2024, where he faces seven felony charges following the firm’s collapse in July 2022.


Meanwhile, Genesis, another crypto lending firm that filed for bankruptcy in January 2023, is working to settle its debts with creditors. On April 2, Genesis liquidated around 36 million shares of its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, generating $2.1 billion.


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