Hong Kong virtual currency trading platform Hounax is suspected of fraud. There is a vulnerability for the transition period of the virtual asset trading platform for the transitional period of the virtual asset trading platform.
According to the Hong Kong News Agency, the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission said on Monday (November 27) that Hounax was not a licensed virtual asset trading platform and did not apply for a license to the CSRC.Operations are not regulatory vulnerabilities.
Liang Fengyi, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission, said at a press conference that when HOUNAX requires investors to invest, deposit in a third -party hukou, and invite investors to join the investment group. When investors "get out of money"It is rejected, such as collecting huge handling fees, or frozen funds to require more investment.
The Securities Regulatory Commission received the first complaint involved in the house of Hounax at the end of September. In October, the complaint was successively received. Due to the need for the investigation, the platform was included in the list of unlicensed companies and suspicious websites on November 1.
The Securities Regulatory Commission launched the virtual asset trading platform issuing system in June this year, and there was a one -year transition period, which was questioned.In response, Liang Fengyi responded that fraud is not a loophole in supervision. There will be fraud cases if there is a transition period. Under the interests of all parties, the Securities Regulatory Commission believes that it is appropriate to maintain the provisions of the annual transition period.
Following JPEx, Hong Kong's virtual currency investment platform HOUNAX has exploded again. At present, the cumulative investment amount has reached HK $ 120 million (S $ 20.6 million).Based on the Hong Kong News Agency and the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong police have received more than 130 people reporting the case, saying that they invest on the Hounax platform to be deceived, and the largest amount of losses was deceived HK $ 12 million.
The Hong Kong police revealed that the Hounax platform claims to be operated by a Singapore company and started operation since the beginning of this year. The goal seems to be Hong Kong investors.The scammers pretend to be an investment expert to attract people to invest in HOUNAX with high returns, but users will be blocked when withdrawing funds.
