A major South Korean exchange, Upbit, has paid six people for reporting fraudulent crypto-related schemes. Ten cases were reported to the exchange and six of them were selected. Upbit also recently partnered with Thomson Reuters to operate a system to support transparent crypto transactions.
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Upbit Paid Users for Reporting Fraud
One of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the Kakao Corp-backed Upbit, has paid six individuals for reporting fraudulent crypto-related schemes.
The exchange implemented a bounty system in March to reward users for identifying fraudulent schemes related to cryptocurrencies. The system is focused on identifying multi-level, illegal scams posing as cryptocurrencies or initial coin offering (ICO) tokens. “To the original complainant, Upbit pays a reward of 1 million won [~USD$931],” the exchange’s operator Dunamu Inc announced at the time.
Upbit said last week:
Since the implementation of the system, a total of 10 cases have been received and 6 of them have been selected. On June 6, we sent a reward of KRW 1 million with appreciation to the applicants.
Lee Seok-woo, the representative of Dunamu Inc (middle), and four out of the six winners.
“We provide reward money to users who have reported fraudulent acts that impersonate [an] ICO to the investigating agency (police, prosecutors) and submit the necessary evidence documents to prove the declaration,” the exchange clarified. While Upbit indicated that proper reporting procedures were not followed “such as the lack of evidence of investigation agency reports,” it decided to pay out regardless, to reward users for participating in the system and “to create a sound cryptocurrency ecosystem.”
The Kakao Corp-backed Upbit used to command the number one spot in the South Korean market in terms
