Hong Kong police, investigating a $200 million crypto scandal centred around trading platform JPEX, have arrested six more suspects, the South China Morning Post reported.
The suspects include Chan Siu-lung, CEO of over-the-counter virtual asset money changer CryptoPARD, and the arrests come as the territory’s securities watchdog announced it had set up a working group with police to allow closer collaboration on information sharing to investigate illegal activities related to virtual asset trading platforms.
Read the full story: The South China Morning Post
- By Sean O’Meara
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