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crypto-assets. An estimated $75 billion has moved through digital wallets connected
to these frauds, the study said. Law enforcement is getting better at tracing and seizing
stolen assets on blockchains, so criminals are motivated to “off-ramp” or convert their
tokens to dollars, and may recruit unwitting accomplices to do so.
Money mule scam victims may also be directed to “on-ramp” cash to a
blockchain by converting cash to crypto using bitcoin kiosks or other methods, and
then sending the assets to different digital wallets. Another common practice is
“smurfing” or receiving a large crypto-asset payment to a digital wallet and then
sending smaller amounts to a list of other digital wallets. Money mules are commonly
paid by keeping a portion of the ill-gotten gains they received.
Over the past year, the CFTC brought charges in two cases that allegedly
involved money mule activity. [See CFTC Press Release Nos. 8850-24 and 8841-23]
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8908-24
6. 美國商品期貨交易委員會指控 Agridime 及其聯合創始人參與欺詐性養牛計
劃（2024 年 5 月 14 日）
美國商品期貨交易委員會（CFTC）宣布，已在美國德克薩斯州北區地區法
院對德克薩斯州一家名為 Agridime LLC 的公司及其聯合創始人 Joshua Link 和
Jed Wood 提起民事執法訴訟。
訴狀稱，被告參與了一項旨在欺詐至少 14 個州的數千名客戶的計劃。該計
劃通過招攬、接受和使用客戶資金來支付未披露的傭金，并以類似龐氏騙局的方
式將后來客戶的資金用于支付先前客戶的利潤，而不是用于 Agridime 自稱的資
金用途。Agridime 聲稱這些資金將用于跨州的商品銷售合同（即客戶對牛的購買）。
CFTC 指控稱，從 2021 年至 2023 年 12 月，被告從超過 2,000 名客戶獲得了超過
1.61 億美元。
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