{"id":43280,"date":"2021-07-05T20:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T03:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43280"},"modified":"2021-07-05T20:14:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T03:14:58","slug":"two-agree-to-plead-guilty-to-swindling-investors-out-of-1-8-million-through-cryptocurrency-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43280","title":{"rendered":"Two Agree to Plead Guilty to Swindling Investors Out of $1.8 Million Through Cryptocurrency Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/man-guilty-for-role-in-conspiracy-to-sell-counterfeit-laptop-computer-batteries\/photo-by-bill-oxford-34\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43170\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-43170\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"closeup photo of gavel\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2-1536x849.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2-850x470.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/oxghu60nwxu-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Two Orange County men were charged with conning thousands of investors into purchasing a cryptocurrency that allegedly provided exclusive access to a trading program that they falsely claimed was profitable, officials announced last week<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Then, they used most of the $1.8 million raised to enrich themselves.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy David McAlpine, 25, of Fountain Valley, and Zachary Michael Matar, 28, of Huntington Beach, each were charged in a one-count information with securities fraud.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/ex-dea-agent-admits-stealing-310000-in-fraud-proceeds-from-cyprus\/los-angeles-federal-courthouse\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31340 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Los-Angeles-Federal-Courthouse-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a> McAlpine and Matar have agreed to plead guilty to the charge, according to plea agreements \u00a0The defendants are expected to plead guilty in United States District Court in the coming weeks.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to court documents, in 2017, McAlpine and Matar founded Dropil Inc., a Belize-based company operating out of Fountain Valley. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Dropil provided and managed investments in digital assets such as cryptocurrency.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/two-agree-to-plead-guilty-to-swindling-investors-out-of-1-8-million-through-cryptocurrency-offering\/photo-by-executium-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43283\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-43283\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/y3frkhp-ugy-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"black android smartphone displaying game application\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/y3frkhp-ugy-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/y3frkhp-ugy-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/y3frkhp-ugy-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/y3frkhp-ugy-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/y3frkhp-ugy-1-850x566.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/y3frkhp-ugy-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The defendants primarily were responsible for the development of Dropil\u2019s digital asset, called DROP tokens, as well as its digital asset trading program, an automated trading bot called \u201cDex.\u201d Purchasers of DROPs had access to Dex, which could only be used with DROP tokens. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Neither McAlpine, Matar nor Dropil was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a broker or dealer.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 McAlpine and Matar induced investors to purchase DROPs by making false claims about the functionality and profitability of Dex, which was said to provide an \u201cexpertly managed portfolio balancing algorithm [that] manages risk,\u201d according to information published on Dropil\u2019s website. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/feds-tennessee-school-district-agrees-fix-end-discriminatory-practices\/department-of-justice-loo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9242\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9242 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Department-of-Justice-Loo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>The DROP tokens were said to \u201censure privacy while also offering added value and exclusivity.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> Dropil further promised that Dex\u2019s trading would generate profits that would be distributed as additional DROP tokens every 15 days.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beginning in late 2017, McAlpine and Matar began an unregistered offer and sale of DROPS on Dropil\u2019s website. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In January 2018, the defendants launched an initial coin offering (ICO) for the sale of DROPs, again through Dropil\u2019s website, which continued through March 2017. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">To induce investors to purchase DROPs, McAlpine and Matar made a series of false statements to investors in a \u201cWhite Paper\u201d published on Dropil\u2019s website and on its Twitter account, promoting the cryptocurrency\u2019s supposed success.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The defendants also manufactured fake Dex profitability reports and made payments in the form of DROPs to Dex users, giving the false appearance that Dex was operational and profitable. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">McAlpine and Matar also made false statements about the volume and dollar amount of DROPs sold both during and after the ICO, stating Dropil had successfully raised $54 million from 34,000 investors both foreign and domestic. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In fact, the ICO raised less than $1.9 million from fewer than 2,500 investors.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In total, the defendants obtained approximately $1,896,657 from 2,472 investors through the sale of approximately 629 million DROPs. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">But McAlpine and Matar did not use at least $1.6 million of the invested money as promised, using it instead to fund disbursements to themselves and their associates.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In conjunction with today\u2019s announcement of the defendants\u2019 agreement to plead guilty to securities fraud charges.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1742787681MsoNormal\" 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