Investor Alerts - ACADIAN
| Company: | ACADIAN |
| Regulator: | Financial Services Agency |
| Jurisdiction: | Japan |
| Date: | 25 Dec 2023 |
| Link: | https://www.fsa.go.jp/news/r4/sonota/20221004.html |
| Subject: | Regarding Emerging Digital Threats including ICOs and crypto-assets |
| Comments: |
1. Location of office or Address Unknown 2. The employee/official of the relevant authority identified as the said operator’s target for impersonation YOSHINO Naoyuki, Financial Services Agency 3. Summary of information received at Financial Services Agency’s Financial Services Users Office (The method of the operator) ・The operator induces certain consumers to remit their funds to its bank account to enable transactions on the ACADAIN application. For solicitation purposes, it uses LINE and other services (commonly called social media) to form ‘investment study groups’, and/or send invitations to ‘investment seminars’ by means of the messaging function of such services. ・The operator does not accept consumers/clients’ withdrawal requests concerning the balance of their accounts on the application, only to demand additional payments from them for breach of contract. ・The operator is reported to have advised consumers/clients to watch a deep-fake video with a virtual speaker impersonating the above-named employee/official in it, urging them to buy in certain crypto assets. 4. Other relevant information obtained by the Japan Financial Services Agency ・The operator’s deep-fake video was seen by viewers on YouTube in September 2023. ・It called for investment in crypto assets "SAIE", etc. |