02-04-2019 02:11 via vancouversun.com

Civil forfeiture office seeks assets linked to alleged $30-million cryptocurrency scam

The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office has launched a lawsuit to seize millions in assets from a couple alleged to have raised $30 million in a cryptocurrency fraud.
In the suit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the forfeiture office is seeking a luxury Coal Harbour townhouse, two Range Rover SUVs, and funds in Bank of Montreal accounts as proceeds of crime.
Named in the suit are Kevin Patrick Hobbs and Lisa Angela Cheng.
The couple ran companies Vanbex Group Inc. and Etherparty Smart Contracts Inc. that l
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