カザフスタン、ポンジースキームとして運営されている仮想通貨マイニングホテルを調査

カザフスタンの当局は、仮想通貨に関連する違法行為に対する継続的な取り締まりの一環として、仮想通貨ピラミッドである疑いのあるマイニング ホテル事業の調査を開始しました。. プラットフォーム, Bincloudと呼ばれる, 人気のメッセージングアプリを通じて投資家を魅了.

Bincloud Operators Kept 16% of Investors’ Funds for Themselves

Amid intensified efforts to fight crypto-related fraud, Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency has initiated a pre-trial investigation into a crypto mining business allegedly working as a financial pyramid scheme. It’s led by the watchdog’s department in the West Kazakhstan region, the FMA announced, quoted by Russian crypto media.

The people behind the Bincloud mining hotel were recruiting investors through the Whatsapp and Telegram messengers, convincing them to put money into the project offering mining equipment rental. As a reward, they were promised to get back 5 に 6% of the invested amount daily.

The fraudsters withheld 16% of the hotel users’ income, a プレスリリース detailed. Kazakhstan’s financial regulators are urging victims of the suspected Ponzi scheme to contact the regional departments of the Financial Monitoring Agency and report about their cases.

The Bincloud investigation comes as part of a government offensive against crime involving cryptocurrencies. Kazakhstan’s police recently busted a gang, the members of which allegedly forced IT specialists to run underground crypto farms on their behalf.

The illegal mining operation brought its organizers an estimated half a million U.S. dollars in monthly income. Media reports have suggested that, just like other, similar undertakings, the crime group could not have acted without protection or some affiliation with high-ranking officials or businessmen.

Business Climate for Crypto Miners in Kazakhstan Is Changing

Maintaining artificially low electricity rates, Kazakhstan became a magnet for crypto mining enterprises when China cracked down on the industry in May, 2021. でも, things have changed since then and some companies have already moved their hardware to other mining hotspots.

While the administration of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has indicated it wants to develop the country’s crypto industry, the growing energy deficit blamed on the influx of miners influenced its ポリシー in the sector while it also started 取り締まる on illegal mining.

2月中, Kazakhstan’s head of state emphasized the government in Nur-Sultan is not against crypto mining within the law but insisted that all mining facilities should be identified and inspected by the FMA. の order came as mining companies were facing power cuts during the cold winter months.

7月に, Tokayev signed a law which raised the tax burden for registered mining entities. The legislation introduced differentiated tax rates based on the average price of the electricity consumed to mint digital coins, increasing the surcharge enforced in the beginning of the year.

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Lubomir Tassev は、テクノロジーに精通した東ヨーロッパ出身のジャーナリストで、Hitchens の言葉が好きです。: 「作家であることは、私が何であるかです, 私がすることよりも。」暗号のほかに, ブロックチェーンとフィンテック, 国際政治と経済は、他の 2 つのインスピレーションの源です.

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