中国投资者瑞士陷骗局 2.9万人炒外汇被黑12亿

Chinese lost $1.2B in scam

中国投资者陷12亿美元骗局

Chinese investors who sank about $1.2b into companies in Switzerland have staged protests in Geneva to demand their money back.

一群在瑞士公司投入12亿美元的中国投资者日前在日内瓦抗议，追讨投资款。

They were promised returns of as much as 10% a month from currency trading by API Premiere Swiss Trust AG and Alpen Asset Management Trust Sarl, according to interviews with six victims and documents they shared over the past three months.

根据对6名受害者的采访以及过去3个月他们分享的文件，名为API Premiere Swiss Trust AG和Alpen Asset Management Trust Sarl的公司承诺他们通过炒外汇每个月可获得高达10%的回报。

The money disappeared from their accounts in January, the investors said.

投资者称，他们账户里的资金今年1月消失。

About 29,000 investors were involved in the alleged scam, and the suspects are still at large.

约有2.9万投资者卷入这场骗局，嫌疑人目前仍逍遥法外。

"Both companies used their Swiss image to attract new clients, although they were mainly managed from abroad," said a spokesman for Finma.

瑞士金融市场监督管理局(Finma)发言人称，两家公司打着"瑞士身份"的旗号吸引新客户，但它们的经营方主要来自海外。

In January, Finma issued a public warning that API and Alpen were wrongly claiming to be licensed and supervised by the Swiss regulator.

今年1月，Finma发布公共警告，称API和Alpen公司谎称有营业执照并受瑞士监督机构监管。