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Hong Kong to crack down on crypto money launderers in the aftermath of $193M JPEX scandal

NBTCBy NBTC22/10/2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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Hong Kong’s Customs and Excise Division is trying to tighten regulatory measures to handle the money-laundering dangers related to cash-for-crypto retailers, South China Morning Submit reported on Oct. 21. The choice comes after police arrested a few of these retailer homeowners in reference to the alleged $192.7 million fraud perpetrated JPEX crypto alternate.

In Hong Kong, conventional cash changers are overseen by the Customs and Excise Division. Nevertheless, over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency alternate retailers at the moment function with out licensing or regulatory oversight. A few of these OTC retailers promoted JPEX’s funding choices, which the Securities and Futures Fee (SFC) deemed “too good to be true.”

Louise Ho Pui-shan, the commissioner of Customs and Excise, mentioned that Hong Kong regulatory our bodies are reviewing choices to fill the regulatory gaps uncovered by the JPEX scandal. Talking on tv, Ho mentioned:

“There are two points to [regulating] these OTC alternate retailers. One facet includes combating cash laundering and terrorist financing and the opposite is investor safety.”

In line with Ho, with a view to enhance Hong Kong’s crypto regulatory regime, each these points have to be thought of.

Ho mentioned that the client division has witnessed elevated crypto cash laundering instances, particularly in large-scale schemes. She famous:

“Monetary expertise is turning into extra mature, so we now have noticed rising exercise in digital asset transactions, which might simply be utilized by criminals for cash laundering because the transactions are extra hid and never restricted by time and site.”

Due to this fact, her division intends to reinforce worldwide cooperation to fight cash laundering facilitated by the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions.

Later this month, Ho’s division will signal a memorandum of cooperation with its South Korean counterpart to bolster intelligence sharing and enforcement collaboration. Moreover, the division plans to advertise worldwide cooperation in opposition to such crimes because it prepares to imagine the function of vice-chair for the Asia-Pacific area on the World Customs Group for a two-year time period beginning in July 2024.

Whereas Ho didn’t affirm whether or not her division is actively concerned in reviewing crypto laws, she mentioned there’s “all the time room to enhance the regulation enforcement and surveillance regime.”

JPEX Scandal

Final month, JPEX customers began reporting difficulties in withdrawing belongings from the platform, which arbitrarily hiked withdrawal charges to exorbitant quantities. The SFC referred to as out a number of the platform’s duplicitous actions, together with false claims of being regulated in Dubai.

JPEX had used aggressive advertising ways, together with billboards and influencer advertising, to achieve prospects. Among the influencers concerned in selling the platform have been arrested.

The JPEX scandal has shaken the belief of Hong Kong buyers in your complete asset class. Police have arrested 28 folks linked to the alleged fraud after receiving over 2,500 complaints from victims. The police investigation into the matter remains to be ongoing.

Bitrace, a blockchain analytics agency, reported final month that some Tether tokens processed in on-line wallets related to JPEX have been linked to cash laundering and on-line playing, elevating issues concerning the contamination of the tokens.

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