A New York jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, the MIT-educated brothers accused of fraud and money laundering related to a 2023 exploit of the Ethereum bl...

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A New York jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, the MIT-educated brothers accused of fraud and money laundering related to a 2023 exploit of the Ethereum blockchain that resulted in the removal of $25 million in digital assets.
<adv/>In a Friday ruling, US District Judge Jessica Clarke declared a mistrial in the case after jurors failed to agree on whether to convict or acquit the brothers, Inner City Press reported.
<adv/>The decision came after a three-week trial in Manhattan federal court, resulting in differing theories from prosecutors and the defense regarding the Peraire-Buenos’ alleged actions involving maximal extractable value (MEV) bots.
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A MEV attack occurs when traders or validators exploit transaction ordering on a blockchain for profit. Using automated MEV bots, they front-run or sandwich other trades by paying higher fees for priority.
In the brothers’ case, they allegedly used MEV bots to “trick” users into trades. The exploit, though planned by the two for months, reportedly took just 12 seconds to net the pair $25 million.
In closing arguments to the jury this week, prosecutors argued that the brothers “tricked” and “defrauded” users by engaging in a “bait and switch” scheme, allowing them to extract about $25 million in crypto. They cited evidence suggesting that the two plotted their moves for months and researched potential consequences of their actions. 
“Ladies and gentlemen, bait and switch is not a trading strategy,” said prosecutors on Tuesday, according to Inner City Press. “It is fraud. It is cheating. It is rigging the system. They pretended to be a legitimate MEV-Boost validator.” 
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In contrast, defense lawyers for the Peraire-Buenos pushed back against the US government’s theory of the two pretending to be “honest validators” to extract the funds, though the court ultimately allowed the argument to be presented to the jury. 
“This is like stealing a base in baseball,” said the defense team on Tuesday. “If there’s no fraud, there’s no conspiracy, there’s no money laundering.”
<h2>What’s at stake for the crypto industry following the verdict?</h2>
 Though the case ended without a verdict, the mistrial has left the crypto industry divided, with many observers debating the legal and technical implications of treating MEV-related activity as a potential criminal offense. Crypto advocacy organization Coin Center filed an amicus brief on Monday after opposition from prosecutors.
“I don’t think what’s in the indictment constitutes wire fraud,” said Carl Volz, a partner at law firm Gunnercooke, in a Monday op-ed for DLNews. “A jury could conclude differently, but if it does, it’ll be because the brothers googled stupidly and talked too much, for too long, with the wrong people.”
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This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.

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MEV bot trial ends in mistrial after jury deadlock on brothers’ verdict

紐約陪審團未能就安東·佩雷爾-布埃諾和詹姆斯·佩雷爾-布埃諾兄弟一案達成一致意見。這對畢業於麻省理工學院的兄弟被控犯有欺詐和洗錢罪，罪名與2023年以太坊區塊鏈漏洞利用有關。

<div><div>紐約陪審團未能就安東·佩雷爾-布埃諾和詹姆斯·佩雷爾-布埃諾兄弟一案達成裁決。這對畢業於麻省理工學院的兄弟被控犯有欺詐和洗錢罪，他們涉嫌參與2023年以太坊區塊鏈漏洞利用事件，導致價值2500萬美元的數位資產被盜。<adv/>據《內城新聞報》報道，美國地區法官傑西卡·克拉克週五宣布，由於陪審團未能就兄弟二人是否定罪或無罪達成一致意見，該案審判無效。<adv/>經過在曼哈頓聯邦法院為期三週的審判，最終做出了這個決定。在審判期間，控辯雙方就佩雷爾-布埃諾斯涉嫌使用最大可提取價值 (MEV) 機器人實施犯罪活動提出了不同的理論。<iframe/> MEV攻擊是指交易者或驗證者利用區塊鏈上的交易順序漏洞牟利。他們使用自動化的MEV機器人，透過支付更高的手續費來搶先交易或夾擊其他交易。據稱，這對兄弟利用MEV機器人「誘騙」用戶進行交易。雖然這次詐騙活動是兩人籌劃數月之久，但據報道，他們僅用了12秒就獲利2500萬美元。本週，檢方在向陪審團作結案陳詞時指出，這兩兄弟透過「誘餌式行銷」的手段「欺騙」和「詐騙」用戶，從中竊取了價值約2500萬美元的加密貨幣。檢方援引證據表明，兩人策劃此案長達數月，並事先研究了其行為可能造成的後果。據《內城新聞報》報道，檢察官週二表示：“各位，誘餌式行銷不是一種交易策略，而是欺詐、作弊和操縱系統。他們假裝是合法的MEV-Boost驗證者。”相關報導： MEV機器人漏洞利用程序訴諸美國法庭，考驗加密貨幣法律的灰色地帶相較之下，佩雷爾-布埃諾斯的辯護律師反駁了美國政府關於兩人假裝是「誠實的驗證者」以騙取資金的說法，儘管法院最終允許向陪審團提出這一論點。辯方週二表示：“這就像棒球比賽中的盜壘一樣。如果沒有欺詐，就沒有陰謀，也沒有洗錢。”<h2>判決結果對加密貨幣產業意味著什麼？</h2> 儘管此案最終未宣判，但審判無效導致加密貨幣行業出現分歧，許多觀察人士就將MEV相關活動視為潛在刑事犯罪的法律和技術影響展開辯論。在檢方反對後，加密貨幣倡導組織Coin Center於週一提交了一份法庭之友意見陳述書。 「我不認為起訴書中的內容構成電信詐騙，」Gunnercooke律師事務所合夥人卡爾沃爾茲週一在DLNews網站上發表的評論文章中寫道。 “陪審團可能會得出不同的結論，但如果真是這樣，那也是因為這對兄弟愚蠢地在網上搜索信息，並且和不該聯繫的人聊了太久太久。”雜誌：比特幣或將在突破100萬美元前暴跌70%，墨西哥城就「白巨鯨」事件道歉：《Hodler&#39;s Digest》，10月26日至11月1日這是一則正在更新的新聞，如有更多信息，我們將及時補充。</div></div>

MEV機器人案審判因陪審團對兄弟倆的判決意見不一而流審。

在曼哈頓聯邦法院經歷了18天緊張的庭審後，備受矚目的“美國訴佩雷爾-布埃諾案”以流審告終。

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價值 2500 萬鎂的以太坊“三明治機器人”訴訟案因審判無效而告終，該案將代碼和價值訴諸法庭。

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