25岁的王女士因假造17份采购合同做虚假项目，挪用公司180万元款项，今年7月被判刑15年。而这背后，则是一起打着赚取比特币幌子的特大诈骗案。
A 25-year-old Ms. Wang was sentenced in July of this year to 15 years for counterfeiting 17 procurement contracts, embezzling $1.8 million from the company, and behind this is a mega-fraud that earns bitcoin.
据悉，王女士此前筹集200万元在一家名为氪能集团的互联网平台上投资，以高额赚取虚拟货币比特币，不料该平台倒闭团伙卷款跑路，造成她血本无归，无法还债。实际上这导致大陆、港、台、马来西亚等地大量投资者亏损，目前初步可查的受害人达上千名，亏损多的达4000万元。
According to the information received, Ms. Wang had previously raised $2 million to invest in an Internet platform called kryptonium to earn the virtual currency bitcoin in high amounts. The platform’s closing down of the gang’s run-off led her to lose her blood and to be unable to pay her debts. In fact, this has led to massive losses for investors in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, etc. The number of victims that are currently initially identified is 40 million.
今年4月，东莞市中级人民法院对该团伙东莞区域负责人吴某青开庭审判后，初步披露了氪能比特币案的运作情况。8月14日，多名受害人向南方日报记者全面揭开了该诈骗团伙的非法运营模式，这一打着比特币与互联网金融等概念的庞氏骗局，也给广大民间投资者敲响警钟。
In April of this year, after the trial of the group’s chief, Wu Xiaoqing, the mid-level People’s Court of Dongjung, opened a preliminary account of the operation of the Kryptonian Bitcoin case. On August 14, a number of victims exposed the illegal operation of the gang to Southern daily journalists, a ponzi scheme with concepts such as Bitcoin and Internet finance, and a wake-up call to a large number of private investors.
互联网诈骗披上比特币外衣
比特币是一种“虚拟电子货币”，由计算机生成的一串串复杂代码组成，新比特币通过预设的程序制造。目前业界对比特币的评价不一，而中国官方尚未对比特币定性。
Bitcoin is a “virtual electronic currency” consisting of a series of complex codes generated by computers that are manufactured through predefined procedures. At present, the industry evaluates bitcoin differently, while China’s official government has yet to characterize bitcoin.
黄先生原是一家科技公司的CEO，也是一名比特币玩家，在之前，手上已累积了1000多个比特币，价值200万元人民币。而吴某青是黄先生EMBA班上同学，2014年8月，出于对吴某青的信任，黄先生开始接触氪能平台。在互联网行业滚摸爬打多年的黄先生清楚，彼时互联网金融蓬勃发展，而比特币的讨论也很热，甚至有传言其将被世界多个国家政府接受。
Mr. Huang, who was a tech company’s CEO and a bitcoin player, had accumulated more than 1,000 bitcoins worth 2 million yuan in his hands. Mr. Wu was a classmate in Mr. Wong’s EMBA class.
2013年下半年开始，氪能集团对外宣称，可以90个比特币（折合人民币约20万元）投资一台K90挖矿机或者30个比特币（折合人民币约12万元）投资一台K30挖矿机为条件，成为氪能集团会员，对应每天收益为0.63和0.18个比特币，一年下来可以赚回投资额的2.5倍。
Beginning in the second half of 2013, Kryptonite announced that it could invest 90 bitcoin (approximately RMB 200,000) in K90 or 30 bitcoin (approximately RMB 120,000) in K30 miner to become a member of Kryptonite, corresponding to a daily gain of 0.63 and 0.18 bitcoin, which would earn 2.5 times the amount invested a year later.
氪能还宣称比特币可以与人民币、美元等货币自由兑换，其设置名为my coin的比特币兑换平台，并在香港设置了兑换货币的比特币机器。my coin网上还有一个名为多币宝的比特币利息孵化器，投资者投入比特币每月可获取2分利息。此外，吴某青还介绍，氪能集团即将3个月内在香港上市，投资者现在可内部认购原始股，一股需5个比特币，未来上市后至少赚3倍。
Krypton also claims that bitcoin can be freely exchanged with the renminbi, the United States dollar, the Bitcoin exchange platform, my coin, and the bitcoin machine in Hong Kong. My coin also has a bitcoin incubator called multi-currency treasure, and investors can earn two cents per month for their investment in bitcoin. In addition, Wu Hsing also explained that the Kronang Group is about to be listed in Hong Kong within three months, and investors can now subscribe to the original shares internally, requiring five bitcoins, and earn at least three times as much in future listings.
黄先生为人谨慎，但氪能还是慢慢“打动”了他。除了前述诱人的高回报和自由的条件，首先，氪能还会在境外港澳等地的高级酒店举办高大上的聚会和讲座，免费邀请投资人参加，并可以与知名人士如国际金融家Jim Rogers、中国知名财经作家严行方等接洽。严行方对氪能的宣传，令多名投资者增加了信心。
Mr. Huang is cautious, but kryptonite is slowly “motivating” him. In addition to the above-mentioned conditions of high return and freedom, kryptonium will, first of all, host high-rise gatherings and lectures at high-level hotels in overseas Hong Kong, Australia, etc., inviting investors free of charge, and will be able to reach out to prominent figures, such as the international financialist Jim Rogers, and China’s well-known financial and economic writer.
2014年12月，包括黄先生在内的投资人突然发现氪能集团运营网站停止。相关投资人来到氪能美国公司地址发现，当地是一家杂货店，而氪能香港办事处也早已退租，人去楼空。不想事后还有一波，此后，氪能依然假称公司被网络攻击，呼吁投资人继续加码，即使当时比特币只能投入平台不能取出了。
In December 2014, investors, including Mr. Huang, suddenly discovered that Kryptonian companies had stopped operating their websites. The investors came to the address of Krypton, a local grocery store, and the kryptonite office in Hong Kong had already been rented out.
一个多月后的2015年1月份，氪能平台全部停止运营，相关人员消失，投资人这才恍然发觉被骗。
More than a month later, in January 2015, the kryptonium platform was completely out of operation and the persons involved disappeared, leading investors to realize that they were being deceived.
诈骗平台网页现在依然可以打开
经核算，黄先生共投入570万（100万借贷）元人民币，购买了24台矿机，其余的放入my cion网站收取利息。在被骗后，100万元贷款让黄先生突增重压，家庭矛盾也让其差点与女友分手。随后，他逐渐联系上多名受害人，发现投资人损失情况不一，身份不一，其中多是老板、白领等，有一投资人损失高达4000万元。
After being defrauded, Mr. Huang invested 5.7 million yuan (US$ 1 million in loans) in 24 mining machines, while the rest were placed on my cion website for interest. After being deceived, a loan of US$ 1 million caused Mr. Huang to surreptitiously increase pressure and family conflicts almost broke up with his girlfriend. He then approached a number of victims and found that investors had lost a variety of lives and identities, most of them owners, white collars, etc. One investor had lost up to $40 million.
事发后曾有香港受害人在港媒披露。根据《大公报》援引街工立法会议员梁耀忠的说法，有关公司的投资者来自世界各地，包括东南亚、加拿大和内地，估计全球投资金额高达700亿港元，当中香港约有3000人参与投资，涉及金额或高达30亿元，年龄最高者达81岁。
Hong Kong’s victims were disclosed in the Hong Kong media after the incident. According to the Great Gazette, the company’s investors came from all over the world, including South-East Asia, Canada and the Mainland, with an estimated global investment value of HK$70 billion, of which about 3,000 were involved, involving an amount of HK$3 billion or more, and the oldest, 81 years.
而大陆依然对此不够了解，目前氪能的一些平台网页依然可以打开，一些网民还在网上咨询氪能产品。反而受害人则需要承受亏损的震荡影响。除了前述王女士、黄先生的经历，这种血的教训还很多。
The mainland is still unaware of this, and some of the kryptonite platform pages are still open, and some web users are consulting with kryptonite products online. Instead, the victims will have to bear the shock of the loss.
投资人李先生原是一家电子公司高管，投入6000万元，损失4000万元，其2014年9月底开始投资氪能产品，当时感觉传统行业生意不好做，投资渠道不多，也是看了Jim Rogers、严杏芳的演讲，认为虚拟货币、互联网金融是“新领域值得尝试”。李先生当时被告知，投资越多收益率越高，一年收益回报达到300%，这在传统行业是不可想象的，于是李先生投了6000万元，后来理智一点，不断套现回了2000万元的本。
The investor, Mr. Lee, who had been the manager of an electronic company and had invested $60 million and lost $40 million in kryptonite products at the end of September 2014, felt that traditional business was difficult, that there were few channels for investment, and also saw Jim Rogers' speech, that virtual money and Internet finance were “new areas worth trying.” Mr. Lee was told that the higher the rate of return on investment, which was 300 per cent a year, was inconceivable in the traditional industry, and that Mr. Lee had invested $60 million, and that he had been rationally returning $20 million.
而普通人的损失后果更严重，造成多个家庭破灭。茶商刘小姐经朋友介绍，于2014年10月投资，当时还是怀孕期间，加存款与房产按揭投300万元后分文无收，现一年需还高利贷60万元，生意无法做下去，也与丈夫离婚，生下的孩子暂时交由婆婆家抚养。
In October 2014, Ms. Liu, a tea dealer, introduced by her friends, invested in the project, and after paying $3 million in savings and mortgages, he had to pay a loan of $600,000 a year, was unable to carry out his business, divorced her husband and temporarily handed over the child to her mother-in-law.
多名嫌犯有行骗前科
经受害人调查发现，氪能运作时间始发于2013年10月，停止于2014年底，仅一年多。而核心团伙人员有才某，创始人有邓某方、才某、郭某，许某系中国区负责人，吴某青是许某下属。除了郭某无法核实之外，其他五人都曾有操作资金盘行骗前科。
As a result of the victim’s investigation, kryptonium was able to operate in October 2013 and stopped at the end of 2014 for more than a year. The core group was composed of a group of talented individuals, including Deng, Jia, Guo, Xiao, Xu, who is the head of the Chinese district, and Wu, who is a subordinate of Xu.
案发后，香港、深圳、东莞多地投资受害人随后报警。据了解，深圳经侦统计，深圳受害人名单有300余人。2016年4月，东莞中级人民法院审理了氪能集团东莞区域负责人吴某青。
After the incident, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Dong Yudo reported to the police the victims of the investment. Shenzhen is known to have accounted for more than 300 victims on the list.
吴某青被东莞中级人民法院审判后，氪能集团的组织架构、团伙及诈骗模式进一步曝光，原来这个没有经过工商登记的所谓香港氪能集团，通过包装互联网金融、比特币等概念，在实际中又以豪华酒店集会、财经名人演讲等形式，拉拢自己的亲戚朋友做下线。
The organizational structure, gangs and fraud patterns of Kryptonian Group, formerly known as the Hong Kong kryptonium Group, which had not been registered in the business and industry, were further exposed after Wu was tried by the Middle People's Court of Dong Qing. The concept of packaging Internet finance, bitcoin, etc., was used in practice as a way of bringing together their relatives and friends in the form of luxury hotel rallies, financial celebrities, etc.
公诉人还称，吴某青以氪能集团的名义，直接或者间接收取12万元到20万元不等的入门费购买所谓的挖矿机，并且想要成为氪能集团会员必须有上线成员的介绍，所购买的挖矿机也必须要挂在上级会员之下，组织者往往从自己的亲戚朋友同学中寻找下线。氪能集团也没有经营场所，只是假借经营投资骗取他人信任和逃避有关机关的管理和打击。
The prosecutor also stated that, in the name of kryptonium, Wu Hsing purchased the so-called mining machines at entry fees ranging from $120,000 to $200,000, either directly or indirectly, and that to become a member of kryptonium would have to be introduced to the online members, that the machines purchased would also have to be attached to the higher members, and that the organizers would often find a way off from their relatives and friends. Kryon has no place to run.
东莞人和律师事务所律师蔡建东是吴某青涉嫌组织领导传销罪及才某非法吸收公众存款罪一案受害人的委托代理人，其认为，氪能比特币矿机一案中，犯罪嫌疑人才某、吴某青等的集资行为，未经任何国家管理机构批准，虚构投资项目，欺骗投资者，并通过私底下的口口相传、推介，向社会公众募集巨额资金，其行为完全符合国家刑法中关于构成集资诈骗罪的行为实质的定义。
Tsai Jiandong, a lawyer at the Toshiang and law firm, is the client of the victim of the crime of organizing the transfer of funds and of illegally absorbing public deposits, and believes that in the Kryptonian Bitcoin mine, the criminal suspect's collection of funds, such as one of them, is a fictional investment project, defrauding investors without the approval of any national regulatory body, and collecting large sums of money from the public through private salariation and promotion, in full conformity with the definition of the substance of the act constituting the crime of money-gathering under the State's criminal law.
“现在来看，投资可能是收不回来了，我们希望犯罪嫌疑人大白于天下，让更少的人受骗。”黄先生等人称。8月14日晚，深圳10余名投资人告诉南方日报记者，投资人有贪念上的主观原因，但犯罪嫌疑人实施诈骗更应负相应的法律责任。
“Now, the investment may not come back, and we hope that the suspects will come to light and that fewer people will be deceived.” According to Mr. Huang and others, on the night of August 14, more than 10 investors in Shenzhen told the Journalist of the South that investors had a subjective cause of greed, but that the suspects were more responsible for their fraud.
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