2022年12月14日 VOA慢速英語：FTX 創(chuàng)始人因欺詐指控被捕

 

The United States has charged the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX with several financial crimes.
美國指控加密貨幣交易所 FTX 的創(chuàng)始人犯有多項金融罪行。
 
Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday in the Bahamas. He had resigned as FTX chief last month, shortly after the company declared bankruptcy, or financial failure.
Sam Bankman-Fried 周一在巴哈馬群島被捕。上個月，在公司宣布破產或財務失敗后不久，他辭去了 FTX 首席執(zhí)行官一職。
 
U.S. government lawyers named eight criminal charges against the 30-year-old businessman. They include wire fraud, money laundering and conspiring to defraud. He was also charged with making illegal campaign donations.
美國。政府律師對這位 30 歲的商人提出了八項刑事指控。它們包括電匯欺詐、洗錢和串謀詐騙。他還被指控進行非法競選捐款。
 
Bankman-Fried was one of the largest political donors this year.
Bankman-Fried 是今年最大的政治捐助者之一。
 
Separately, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has brought civil charges against Bankman-Fried.
另外，美國證券交易委員會已對班克曼-弗里德提起民事訴訟。
 
The SEC is the top government supervisor of the American stock market. It says Bankman-Fried defrauded investors and illegally used their money to buy homes for himself and his family.
美國證券交易委員會是美國股市的最高政府監(jiān)管機構。它說 Bankman-Fried 欺騙投資者并非法使用他們的錢為自己和他的家人買房。
 
A lawyer for Bankman-Fried said Tuesday that he is examining the charges with his legal team and considering what to do.
Bankman-Fried 的律師周二表示，他正在與他的法律團隊一起審查這些指控，并考慮采取什么措施
 
At one point, the FTX founder was thought to be one of the world's richest people. He launched the business in 2019. Forbes magazine estimated his wealth at more than $26.5 billion as the company quickly grew.
曾一度，FTX 創(chuàng)始人被認為是世界上最富有的人之一。他于 2019 年創(chuàng)辦了這家公司。隨著公司的快速發(fā)展，《福布斯》雜志估計他的財富超過 265 億美元。
 
FTX failed in November, when reports came out that the company and another of Bankman-Fried's, Alameda Research, did not have as much money as people thought.
FTX 在 11 月失敗了，當時有報道稱該公司和 Bankman-Fried 的另一家公司 Alameda Research 沒有人們想象的那么多錢。
 
FTX customers flooded the company with demands to withdraw their money, but FTX could not honor the requests. It had used the money to support Alameda Research.
FTX 客戶涌入公司要求提取他們的資金錢，但 FTX 無法滿足這些要求。它曾用這筆錢來支持 Alameda Research。
 
Gary Gensler is the head of the SEC. He said Bankman-Fried lied to investors.
Gary Gensler 是 SEC 的負責人。他說 B??ankman-Fried 對投資者撒謊。

"Sam Bankman-Fried built a house of cards on a foundation of deception while telling investors that it was one of the safest buildings in crypto." A "house of cards" means a building of very weak structure.
“Sam Bankman-Fried 在欺騙的基礎上建造了一座紙牌屋，同時告訴投資者這是加密貨幣中最安全的建筑之一。” “紙牌屋”是指結構非常脆弱的建筑物。
 
The commission said Bankman-Fried then used the Alameda Research money to make high-risk investments, purchase homes and make donations to political campaigns.
委員會表示，Bankman-Fried 隨后使用 Alameda Research 的資金進行高風險投資、購買房屋并為政治活動捐款。
 
And, the SEC reports, Alameda Research did not keep track of the money coming from FTX.
而且，根據 SEC 的報告，Alameda Research 沒有跟蹤來自 FTX 的資金。
 
Bankman-Fried's arrest came just one day before he was to appear before the U.S. Congress to answer questions about FTX.
Bankman-Fried 被捕前一天他將出席美國國會回答有關 FTX 的問題。
 
Maxine Waters is a representative from California and the leader of the House Financial Services Committee. She said she was disappointed Bankman-Fried would not speak because, in her words, "the American public deserves to hear directly … about the actions that wiped out the hard-earned life savings of so many."
Maxine Waters是來自加州的代表，也是眾議院金融服務委員會的領導人。她說，她對班克曼-弗里德不愿發(fā)言感到失望，因為用她的話說，“美國公眾應該直接聽到……關于這些行動耗盡了這么多人來之不易的畢生積蓄。”
 
In recent interviews, Bankman-Fried said he did not "knowingly" misuse the money from his customers and he thinks people will eventually get their money back.
在最近的采訪中，Bankman-Fried 表示他并沒有“故意”濫用客戶的錢，他認為人們最終會收回他們的錢。
 
The SEC's team said it does not think those statements are true.
美國證券交易委員會的團隊表示，他們不認為這些陳述是真的。