菲律宾证券交易委员会向 BG Wealth 的加密交易诈骗发布停止和终止令

• 菲律宾 SEC 因 BG Wealth 不遵守规定而发布停止令，并将其标记为金融欺诈。

在其于多个司法辖区开展业务约一年之后，包括美国、萨摩亚和菲律宾，后者的证券与交易委员会（SEC）终于对 BG Wealth Sharing Ltd 发布了停止令。通过菲律宾监管机构的执法与投资者保护部门，它要求公司（包括其管理层、代表和推广者）停止其交易和营销活动。

What is BG Wealth

BG Wealth is a crypto scam ring founded and operated by Stephen Beard, a self-proclaimed professor and investment guru. According to the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), the company marketed itself as an investment group and “the world’s largest hedge fund.”

The fake investment firm enticed people to join its social media channel, particularly on Facebook. From there, its operators urged unsuspecting victims to join its group via messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, or Bonchat, where they encouraged them to invest in an associated trading platform, DSJ Exchange.

ADVERTISEMENTInitially, BG Wealth gradually builds its members’ confidence by generating “advanced trading signals” with “zero risk.” These eventually translate into unrealized gains in their DSJ accounts of up to $1,500 for every $2,000 invested.

In reality, the perpetrators are allegedly just doctoring all the exchange’s data to make it appear that actual trading is taking place and that its users are benefiting from its sophisticated strategy. Meanwhile, BG Wealth immediately siphons all the money investors have poured into DSJ into its own bank accounts.

Overall, it’s a clear Ponzi scheme since it generates revenue only from new users to pay out older ones. The scam eventually unraveled when various regulators flagged BG Wealth’s activities, and users began having trouble withdrawing their funds. DSJ mysteriously freezes during those attempts, masking the issue as a mere technical glitch rather than a measured exit scam from the culprits.

ADVERTISEMENTWhat’s worse, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized its platforms, BG Wealth made a last-ditch effort to demand “advanced fees” from users with frozen funds to supposedly help them withdraw their money.

停止令的依据

Bitpinas 报道称，菲律宾 SEC 认定 BG Wealth 的业务违反了《证券监管法》（SRC）以及《金融产品与服务消费者保护法》（FCPA）。该机构以具有里程碑意义的 Howey 测试作为停止令的依据，裁定由于公司在其公开发行中缺乏出售或提供证券的注册和许可，其行为构成金融欺诈。

令人感到奇怪的是，SEC 最新一份命令仅关注 BG Wealth 业务的合规部分。尽管它提到金融欺诈包括欺骗性招揽，例如庞氏骗局，但它并未重申其此前认定该业务在运作一个复杂的庞氏骗局。

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