JPEX case | 16 charged, reportedly including Lam Chok; police first invoke anti-money-laundering law to charge virtual-asset investment fraud
JPEX 案｜16 人被控 據報包括林作 警首引打洗錢及恐怖分子例欺詐投資虛擬資產罪起訴
In the JPEX cryptocurrency fraud case, in which police arrested 80 people, police said today (the 5th), after more than two years of investigation, that 16 people had been charged and three fugitives were wanted. Police for the first time invoked the offence under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance of fraudulently or recklessly inducing another person to invest in virtual assets. The charges involve 13 core members, people linked to over-the-counter exchanges or KOLs. The case will be brought before the Eastern Magistrates' Courts tomorrow morning. KOL Lam Chok was reportedly charged. It is understood that other influencers and others charged include Vivien Yi Chan, Xiang Xiang, known as the “Goddess of the Crypto World”, Zhu Gongzi and Au Cheuk-ki. The three wanted persons are Kwok Ho-lam, Cheung Chun-ching and Mok Chun-ting, an assistant to “Coin Young Master”.
JPEX 加密貨幣騙案，警方拘捕 80 人，調查逾兩年後，今天（5日） 表示，起訴當中 16 人，及通緝三名在逃人士。警方首引《打擊洗錢及恐怖分子資金籌集條例》中，「欺詐地或罔顧實情地誘使他人投資虛擬資產的罪行」，起訴當中 13 名核心成員、場外交易所相關人士或 KOL，案件明早於東區裁判法院提堂。據報 KOL 林作被控。 據悉，其他被控的網紅等，包括陳怡、有「幣界女神」之稱的湘湘、朱公子、區焯基等。被通緝三人包括郭浩麟、張駿晴、「幣少爺」助手莫浚廷。