Debiex
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Debiex was a purported digital asset trading platform, operated through the websites debiex.com and debiex.net, that U.S. regulators found to be a front for an online romance ('pig-butchering') scam. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Debiex in January 2024 alleging it misappropriated roughly $2.3 million from about five customers, and a federal court entered a default judgment against it in March 2025 ordering more than $2.2 million in restitution, a $221,466 civil penalty, and permanent trading and CFTC-registration bans.
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Timeline(6 events)
March 2022
Websites debiex.com and/or debiex.net were created, later alleged by the CFTC to have been used as a bogus digital asset trading platform.
CFTC Release Number 8850-2417 January 2024
CFTC filed its civil enforcement complaint against Debiex and relief defendant Zhāng Chéng Yáng in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
CFTC Release Number 9058-25January 2024
CFTC publicly announced the charges against Debiex, alleging an online romance scam that misappropriated roughly $2.3 million.
CFTC Release Number 8850-24March 2025
Court ordered return of roughly $120,000 in digital assets held in relief defendant Zhang Cheng Yang's wallet to the affected victim.
CFTC Release Number 9058-25March 2025
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona entered a default judgment against Debiex, ordering $221,466 in civil penalties and over $2.2 million in restitution, plus permanent trading and registration bans.
CFTC Release Number 9058-25March 2025
CFTC publicly announced the default judgment and penalties against Debiex.
CFTC Release Number 9058-25Decision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 2 of 7 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 10/11/2026, 4:09:58 AM
last updated: 10/11/2026, 4:09:58 AM
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