US Charges Fraud in Mango Crypto Manipulation Case (reuters.com) 6
U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges of commodities fraud and manipulation against a man accused of trying to steal about $110 million in October by rigging the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange. From a report: According to a complaint made public on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, Avraham Eisenberg's trades in futures related to Mango's crypto token MNGO enabled him to withdraw $110 million in cryptocurrencies from other investors' deposits, with no apparent intention to repay the funds. Eisenberg was arrested on Monday night in Puerto Rico, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in Manhattan said in a court filing. It was unclear whether Eisenberg has a lawyer. Mango is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange run by Mango DAO that lets investors lend, borrow, swap, and use leverage to trade cryptocurrency assets. The Dec. 23 complaint signed by FBI Special Agent Brandon Racz said Eisenberg on Oct. 11 used two accounts to concurrently buy and sell futures based on the relative values of MNGO and the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC).
What would possibly go wrong? (Score:2)
"Mango is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange run by Mango DAO that lets investors lend, borrow, swap, and use leverage to trade cryptocurrency assets."
working as intended (Score:1)
Sounds like the Mango DAO was working as intended, unfortunately for them they did not think through all of the use cases. Someone simply used their software and produced a case they never tested for because they never thought of it. One could guess that the Mango system is full of holes just like this one waiting to be used. Crypto proponents are quick to criticize the world's financial systems but never seem to understand why/how things are the way they are, destined to learn the hard lessons over again.