US CFTC Takes Legal Action Against Debiex in $2.3 Million Romance Scam
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Debiex, accusing the platform of orchestrating a $2.3 million fraud scheme disguised as a romance plot. The legal action began on January 19 in Arizona. According to the lawsuit, Debiex marketed itself as a crypto exchange for US citizens. However, the CFTC claims that the exchange participated in a deceptive scheme to steal funds from Asian Americans via a romance scam. The elaborate scam involved three key groups: “The solicitors,” who established connections on social media, gaining victims’ trust and convincing them to open trading accounts