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US Regulator Charges South African MTI and Its Operator With $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin

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US Regulator Charges South African MTI and Its Operator With $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin


The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Mirror Trading International (MTI) and its operator with a $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin. This action is the regulator’s largest fraud scheme case involving the cryptocurrency. CFTC Takes Action Against MTI


The CFTC announced Thursday that it has charged a “South African pool operator and CEO with $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin.” The regulator added: This action is CFTC’s largest fraud scheme case involving bitcoin.


The derivatives watchdog has filed a civil enforcement action, charging Cornelius Johannes Steynberg and Mirror Trading International Proprietary Ltd. (MTI) with “fraud and registration violations.”


From approximately May 18, 2018, through March 20 last year, “Steynberg, individually and as the controlling person of MTI, engaged in an international fraudulent multilevel marketing scheme … to solicit bitcoin from members of the public for participation in a commodity pool operated by MTI,” the CFTC detailed, elaborating: During this period, Steynberg … accepted at least 29,421 bitcoin — with a value of over $1,733,838,372 at the end of the period.


The announcement adds that the CFTC “seeks full restitution to defrauded investors, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, civil monetary penalties, permanent registration and trading bans, and a permanent injunction against future violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations.”


The derivatives watchdog described: The defendants misappropriated, either directly or indirectly, all of the bitcoin they accepted from the pool participants.


The CFTC concluded: “Sternberg is a fugitive from South African law enforcement, but was recently detained in the Federative Republic of Brazil on an Interpol arrest warrant.” Tags in this story CFTC Cornelius Johannes Steynberg, cftc Mirror Trading International, CFTC MTI, Cornelius Johannes Steynberg, ligitation mti, mirror trading international


What do you think about the CFTC’s action against MTI and its operator? Let us know in the comments section below. Kevin Helms


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