Hebei High Court: A man was sentenced to five years and four months in prison for illegally raising funds under the guise of the metaverse concept, with the amount involved exceeding 15 million yuan
The Hebei High Court released typical cases of cracking down on illegal fundraising. A certain man packaged an investment project with the concept of "metaverse" to promote the virtual goods investment project of the "Newmateworks" platform under the "Yishang United Community" to the public, inducing the masses to participate in the investment. He directly introduced 19 investors who invested a total of 15.3936 million yuan in the platform, of which 1.1014 million yuan has been returned, while 14.2922 million yuan has not been returned. The court found that this case used emerging technology concepts such as "metaverse" as a cover to implement fraudulent marketing, violating national financial management laws and regulations, with a huge amount involved. The behavior constituted the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits, and Chen was sentenced to five years and four months in prison and fined.
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