Changjiang Currency Exchange（长江换汇）,Prospero Markets（浦华证券） 2023.12.22 ☑Gov ☑Australia,澳大利亚ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer, Prospero Markets Pty Ltd (Prospero). Prospero has also provided an undertaking to ASIC that it will not deal in client funds without ASIC’s agreement.Prospero’s licence suspension means it cannot provide financial services during the suspension period from 20 December 2023 until 28 February 2024.Following an administrative hearing, ASIC found that Prospero failed to lodge its annual financial statement and audit report for the financial year ending 30 June 2023 within the prescribed timeframe and in compliance with its AFS licence conditions.In our earlier article from the end of November, we had reported that Australian Federal Police (AFP) had arrested seven members of an alleged Chinese organised crime syndicate, accusing them of secretly running a prominent, multi-billion-dollar money remitting chain in Australia in what the AFP termed the “most complex AFP-led money laundering investigation” in the nation’s history.While the AFP did not specifically mention Prospero Markets in its original press release announcing the arrests, or formally link the Changjiang Currency Exchange to Prospero Markets, Australia news site The Australian reported that a number of those arrested (aside from Ding Wang) also have links to Prospero Markets. The Australian also reported that a source informed it that it is “common knowledge” in the Chinese community in Australia that Changjiang Currency Exchange and Prospero Markets were run by the same people.➤周五，澳大利亚证券和投资委员会（ASIC）暂停了场外交易 (OTC) 衍生品发行商 Prospero Markets Pty Ltd (Prospero) 的澳大利亚金融服务 (AFS) 许可证。Prospero 还向 ASIC 做出承诺，未经 ASIC 同意，不会处理客户资金。Prospero的牌照被暂停意味着其在2023年12月20日至2024年2月28日的暂停期间无法提供金融服务。在行政听证会后，ASIC 发现 Prospero 未能在规定的时间内并遵守其 AFS 许可条件提交截至 2023 年 6 月 30 日的财政年度的年度财务报表和审计报告。➤在 11 月底，澳大利亚联邦警察 (AFP) 逮捕了一个涉嫌中国有组织犯罪集团的七名成员，指控他们在澳大利亚秘密运营着一家著名的数十亿美元汇款链，AFP称这是该国历史上“由AFP主导的最复杂的洗钱调查”。据报道，被捕者中包括王鼎（Dean Wang），他被列为 Prospero Markets 的最终控股公司 CJ Prime Financial 的唯一董事，也是 Prospero Markets 的假定控股股东。事实证明，Prospero Markets 的办公室也在 10 月底AFP突击搜查的地点之一，Prospero Markets 的银行账户当时也被冻结。虽然AFP在最初宣布逮捕的新闻稿中没有具体提及 Prospero Markets，也没有正式将长江换汇与 Prospero Markets 联系起来，但澳大利亚新闻网站《澳大利亚人报》报道称，有消息人士向其透露，长江换汇和Prospero Markets（浦华证券）是同一个人经营，这是澳大利亚华人社区的“常识”。