Nigerians have looted the office of digital asset trading platform, CBEX after hundreds of users saw their account balances plummet to zero following the exchangeâs collapse.
据 BBC Pidgin 报道,4 月 9 日,该交易所宣布暂停提现服务,但投资者未能提取资金。该平台以“安全漏洞”为由,承诺在 4 月 15 日前全额退还用户损失。然而,许多交易员的账户余额在暂停服务后降至零。
社交媒体平台上流传的视频显示,交易员们在CBEX账户存款后,发现自己损失了所有资金,泪流满面。许多人声称自己把毕生积蓄都投入了该平台,但所有的钱似乎一夜之间就消失了,让他们痛心不已。
âGuys, they said I should check my balance now. Zero balance, thereâs nothing there. To think I just did this thing two weeks ago,â cried one Nigerian trader in a video, who allegedly lost 8.7 million naira on the platform or equal to $5,432.
The exchange reportedly closed down all their Telegram groups and wiped out usersâ balances. As a result, a group of angry Nigerian traders stormed the CBEX office in the Oke Ado area of Ibadan and began looting items.â
在社交媒体上流传的一段视频中,可以看到愤怒的暴徒从办公室抢走了空调、玻璃窗风扇和其他贵重物品。
鉴于这一事件,尼日利亚证券交易委员会警告公民注意不受监管的数字投资平台和潜在的庞氏骗局的风险。
尽管没有点名提到CBEX,但SEC主任埃莫蒂米·阿加玛(Emomotimi Agama)暗示了围绕“特定平台”的争议,并澄清称该平台未在SEC注册。因此,它在该地区属于非法运营。
Moreover, he explained that the SEC now has jurisdiction to investigate and shut down unlicensed digital trading platforms, as well as prosecute influencers and celebrities who endorse suspicious money-making schemes.
It is also important to note that this is not the first time CBEX has been flagged as suspicious by financial authorities.
Back in April 2024, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission declared CBEX as a suspicious trading platform. This is due to the fact that many local investors have complained about having difficulties withdrawing crypto assets from the platform.
âThe entity is suspected to have deceived investors with fake withdrawal records,â stated the SFC.
Further investigation by the SFC revealed that while the trading platform claimed to hold a digital asset license on its website, it does not hold any relevant digital asset license in Canada where it claims to be headquartered or in its Japan branch.
CBEX 宣称自己是一个利用人工智能为投资者创造利润的加密货币交易平台。它在 2024 年末大受欢迎,因为它承诺交易者入金后仅一个月内即可获得 100% 的回报。这让投资者相信他们的资金在短短 30 天内就能翻倍。
据报道,该平台仅接受美元存款。其简洁的网站界面也与知名加密货币交易所的界面相似,这使其看起来合法合规。其基于推荐的奖励系统让现有用户渴望邀请朋友、家人和同事也注册该平台,从而吸引了更多用户。
“有了 CBEX,您再也不用担心波动了。今天就加入我们,让人工智能帮您处理交易,”CBEX 在其 X 账户上写道,该账户目前拥有超过 3,000 名粉丝。
到 2025 年 2 月,Nairaland 等论坛上的用户开始表达对 CBEX 模型与其他历史庞氏骗局(如 2016 年崩溃的 MMM)的相似性的担忧。
到 4 月份,在有关提款暂停的报道传出后,该平台的运营受到了严格审查,这引发了那些发现自己的资金被锁定在系统中的交易者的恐慌。