Thirteen Maxim Trader scammers sentenced to prison in Taiwan


13 Maxim Dealer Group executives and staff have been discovered responsible in a Taiwanese court docket on costs associated to funding fraud.

Sentences handed right down to Taiwanese Maxim Dealer scammers ranged from three to 9 years.

Maxim Dealer’s Taiwan chief government Chang Chin-su (張金素) was sentenced to 11 years in jail and fined NT$100 million, whereas his chief assistant, Chia Hsiang-chieh (賈翔傑), was sentenced to 9 years and fined NT$50 million.

Different native staff discovered responsible of contravening the Banking Act (銀行法), monetary fraud and associated costs included Chang’s sister, Chang Mu-tan (張牡丹), monetary advisers and course instructors.

Chang Mu-tan was given a five-year sentence, whereas the others obtained phrases starting from three to eight years, and fines of as much as NT$50 million.

The Taiwanese prosecution follows related costs filed in Malaysia in opposition to ringleaders Lim Ann Hoe and accomplices Chin Ming Kam and Goh Seow Mooi.

Maxim Dealer was a $5 billion greenback Ponzi scheme primarily pitched at traders in Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore.

Authorities started investigating Maxim Dealer after it collapsed in 2015.