The CEO of EminiFX, a platform dealing in cryptocurrency and forex trading, has received a nine-year prison sentence due to a massive fraud case involving $240 million.

The head of EminiFX, a platform focused on foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading, Eddy Alexandre, has been sentenced to nine years for orchestrating a fraudulent scheme.

The announcement detailing the sentencing was made by Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, on July 18. According to the information provided by the government, Alexandre swindled an astonishing amount of over $248 million from more than 25,000 investors using the EminiFX platform. website Reports indicate that Alexandre managed EminiFX from approximately September 2021 until May 2022. He positioned EminiFX as an investment opportunity designed to generate passive income through automated trading in cryptocurrency and forex markets.

To attract investors, he boasted of having access to groundbreaking technologies that supposedly guaranteed high returns on investments. He assured clients they could expect weekly returns of at least 5% by using what he termed a 'Robo-Advisor Assisted account' that would purportedly allow them to double their initial investments within a mere five months. Clients were shown data indicating their investments were indeed earning at least that significant weekly return, creating an illusion of profitability that made them feel comfortable either withdrawing or reinvesting their funds.

However, the reality was starkly different; the platform did not yield the 5% weekly returns it promised. The prosecution revealed that Alexandre did not actually invest most of the funds entrusted to him. While he did commit millions to trades, the majority of this money was lost, a fact he deliberately kept from his investors.

Furthermore, it has come to light that he funneled approximately $14,700,000 into his personal bank account, which he used to buy luxury vehicles like a BMW and a Mercedes-Benz.

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In addition to a nine-year prison sentence, Alexandre received three years of probation and is required to pay back $248,829,276.73, alongside restitution amounting to $213,639,133.53.

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