After the fraud cases of the Hong Kong virtual asset trading platform JPEX broke out, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government established a specialized working group to strengthen the supervision of the virtual asset trading platform.
According to the Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily, the above -mentioned working group was established by the Police Office and the CSRC on September 28.Representatives of Wealth Intelligence and Investigation Division, as well as the executive department of the CSRC's Regulations and Intermediary Department.
The three goals established by the group are: to promote information sharing with suspicious activities and illegal acts related to virtual asset trading platforms, implement the risk assessment mechanism of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms, and strengthen coordination in related surveys in related surveyscooperate with.
The Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Police Department (criminal) Yan Yongmin said that the new cooperation platform of the police and the Securities Regulatory Commission will help accelerate the exchange of important information and the joint collaboration between the two parties to cope with the virtual asset trading platform.Challenge.
Wei Hongfu, executive director of the Regulations of the CSRC, said that the CSRC has always attached great importance to its cooperation with the police and looks forward to more close collaboration between the two parties to effectively combat problems with problematic virtual asset trading platforms and ensure investors.Interests.
JPEX was accused of not holding a license to operate virtual asset transactions, and was suspected of deceiving virtual currency investor funds.The Hong Kong police have launched a large -scale law enforcement operation against JPEX from September 18. As of now, 19 people have been arrested, and the amount involved is HK $ 1.522 billion (about S $ 267 million).
