Last Thursday, four foreign nationals were charged in court for their part in a conspiracy to cheat using a cryptocurrency mining investment scheme.
All four are linked to A&A Blockchain Technology Innovation, which was previously investigated for possible cheating offences.
While the company was active, they offered a cryptocurrency investment scheme, promising investors a fixed daily return of 0.5 per cent. The four foreign nationals allegedly conspired to induce investments from 12 individuals by falsely claiming that the company owned a large number of machines to mine cryptocurrency.
The company also operated a cryptocurrency exchange, and offered clients the chance to trade cryptocurrencies. However, A&A did not have the requisite licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to provide such services.
Three of the four being charged are Chinese nationals, including Lu Huangbin, the Chief Executive Officer, Wang Xinghong, the Chief Technology Officer, and Chen Wei, a director at A&A. The last member of the group is Dutch National Yang Bin, who served as the company chairman.