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crypto-assets. An estimated $75 billion has moved through digital wallets connected

to these frauds, the study said. Law enforcement is getting better at tracing and seizing

stolen assets on blockchains, so criminals are motivated to “off-ramp” or convert their

tokens to dollars, and may recruit unwitting accomplices to do so.

Money mule scam victims may also be directed to “on-ramp” cash to a

blockchain by converting cash to crypto using bitcoin kiosks or other methods, and

then sending the assets to different digital wallets. Another common practice is

“smurfing” or receiving a large crypto-asset payment to a digital wallet and then

sending smaller amounts to a list of other digital wallets. Money mules are commonly

paid by keeping a portion of the ill-gotten gains they received.

Over the past year, the CFTC brought charges in two cases that allegedly

involved money mule activity. [See CFTC Press Release Nos. 8850-24 and 8841-23]

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8908-24

6. 美国商品期货交易委员会指控 Agridime 及其联合创始人参与欺诈性养牛计

划（2024 年 5 月 14 日）

美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）宣布，已在美国德克萨斯州北区地区法

院对德克萨斯州一家名为 Agridime LLC 的公司及其联合创始人 Joshua Link 和

Jed Wood 提起民事执法诉讼。

诉状称，被告参与了一项旨在欺诈至少 14 个州的数千名客户的计划。该计

划通过招揽、接受和使用客户资金来支付未披露的佣金，并以类似庞氏骗局的方

式将后来客户的资金用于支付先前客户的利润，而不是用于 Agridime 自称的资

金用途。Agridime 声称这些资金将用于跨州的商品销售合同（即客户对牛的购买）。

CFTC 指控称，从 2021 年至 2023 年 12 月，被告从超过 2,000 名客户获得了超过

1.61 亿美元。

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