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An Australian<\/a> Federal Court granted the crypto market regulator’s request to hand over approximately US$41 million in digital assets<\/strong> invested by over 450 Australians in the NGS group of blockchain mining companies to three specialists from McGrathNicol, an independent advisory and restructuring firm.<\/p>\n

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)<\/a> announced on Friday that it has initiated legal actions against NGS Crypto<\/a>, NGS Digital, and NGS Group<\/strong>, as well as their sole directors, Brett Mendham, Ryan Brown, and Mark Ten Caten. Mendham is also restricted from going outside of Australia.<\/p>\n

The court decision came after ASIC accused the companies of violating Australian law<\/strong> by providing financial services without an Australian financial services license.<\/p>\n

“ASIC alleges that the NGS Companies target Australian investors to invest in blockchain mining packages with fixed-rate returns, encouraging them to use funds transferred from regulated super funds to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and then converted into crypto currency,”<\/em> the Australian Securities and Investments Commission stated.<\/p>\n

The presence of a restructuring business does not necessarily imply that the companies have failed. ASIC stated that it was worried about the money’s potential dissipation and that appointing a receiver was the best method to protect the assets. While it continues to investigate<\/strong>, ASIC has not sought an outright ban on the companies but rather interim and final injunctions prohibiting them from functioning without a license.<\/p>\n

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