The New York Attorney General’s office now says that DCG and its affiliate Genesis defrauded customers and institutions of more than $3 billion, up from the initial charges of $1.1 billion.

Letitia James, dómsmálaráðherra New York, á föstudag stækkað its lawsuit against crypto-focused VC firm Digital Currency Holdings, increasing the size of the alleged fraud to $3 billion. The initial case filed in October focused on alleged fraud amounting to $1.1 billion carried out by DCG, its subsidiary lending platform Genesis, and crypto exchange Gemini, which ran a program called Gemini Earn in conjunction with Genesis.

The victims of the fraud are now alleged to include Genesis’ own customers, and not just customers of Gemini Earn.

Reuters greindi fyrst frá fréttinni.

Fréttir um aukna málsókn koma degi á eftir Bloomberg tilkynnt that Genesis had agreed to settle its case against the Attorney General’s office. It was not immediately clear how the expanded lawsuit related to the settlement.

One creditor of Genesis told Unchained that he was encouraged by the amended complaint.

“We’re very — and when I say ‘we’ I mean I’m also in a group with many other creditors — we’re very happy about today’s complaint because it finally recognizes officially that we. . .were victims of fraud by Genesis and DCG directly,” said the creditor, who asked to be identified as BJ. “And we provided evidence to substantiate those allegations. We’re very happy about that.”

He also noted that the Genesis settlement was a significant development for creditors, with the New York Attorney General “showing dramatic support for crypto creditors.”

More Investors Come Forward

In October, James sued the group, alleging that Gemini Earn, which allowed customers to lend crypto assets to Genesis for a generous rate of return, misled investors with false assurances that their funds were safe. The AG’s office has now said that more investors have since come forward, leading to an additional $2 billion in assets that were lost. In total, the AG’s office said that more than 230,000 investors were defrauded.

Meðal þessara viðbótarfjárfesta sem komu fram var fólk sem sendi peningana sína beint til Genesis, sagði skrifstofu dómsmálaráðherra.

“After months of false promises, we pulled the curtain back and revealed that DCG was lying to investors and defrauding them out of billions,” said Attorney General James in a statement. „Þetta ólöglega dulritunargjaldmiðlakerfi, og hið hryllilega fjárhagslega tap sem raunverulegt fólk hefur orðið fyrir, eru enn ein áminningin um hvers vegna sterkari reglur um dulritunargjaldmiðil eru nauðsynlegar til að vernda alla fjárfesta.

DCG called the expanded claims “baseless” and accused the Attorney General of trying to garner media attention.

“There is nothing new here,” the company said in an emailed statement. “We will fight the claims aggressively and we will win. DCG has always conducted its business lawfully and with integrity, and DCG and [CEO] Barry Silbert will be fully vindicated.”

Skrifstofa James hefur höfðað fjölmörg mál gegn dulritunarfyrirtækjum og stjórnendum í fortíðinni, þar á meðal CoinEx, Coin Cafe og fyrrverandi forstjóri Celsius.

UPPFÆRT (9. febrúar kl. 12:04 ET) Uppfært með smáatriðum í gegn. 

UPPFÆRT (9. febrúar kl. 5:00 ET) Added statement from DCG.

UPPFÆRT (9. febrúar kl. 6:52 ET) Added comments from a Genesis creditor.