犹他州盐湖县盐湖城市总检察长10月28日刑事起诉预测市场Kalshi：14项指控涉非法推广网络赌博
犹他州盐湖县盐湖城市消息：犹他州总检察长德里克·布朗10月28日向盐湖县第三地区法院提起刑事诉讼，指控预测市场运营商Kalshi及其两名联合创始人非法在犹他州推广网络赌博。被告为KalshiEX有限责任公司、首席执行官塔里克·曼苏尔和首席运营官卢安娜·洛佩斯·拉腊，共面临14项指控，包括1项二级重罪非法活动模式罪、12项三级重罪网络赌博推广罪和1项A级轻罪。
指控的基础是州调查人员9月以卧底身份在犹他州下的约12注体育投注，总额约114.87美元，涉及职业橄榄球、棒球、犹他大学对阵犹他州立大学的橄榄球赛和皇家盐湖城足球赛。
此前布朗已于10月20日左右对Kalshi提起民事诉讼，而美国商品期货交易委员会10月27日起诉犹他州，试图阻止该州对联邦注册预测市场执行赌博法。Kalshi方面称刑事指控是过度执法，目前案件只是指控，被告在法院定罪前被推定无罪。
Utah Attorney General Files Criminal Charges Against Prediction Market Kalshi in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County on October 28: 14 Counts Alleging Illegal Online Gambling Promotion
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah: Attorney General Derek Brown filed criminal charges on October 28 in Third District Court in Salt Lake County, accusing prediction market operator Kalshi and its two co-founders of illegally promoting online gambling in Utah. The defendants are KalshiEX LLC, Chief Executive Officer Tarek Mansour and Chief Operating Officer Luana Lopes Lara, facing 14 counts in total: one second-degree felony count of pattern of unlawful activity, 12 third-degree felony counts of online gambling promotion, and one Class A misdemeanor.
The charges rest on about 12 sports wagers an undercover state investigator placed from Utah in September, totaling about $114.87, involving professional football and baseball, a Utah versus Utah State football game, and a Real Salt Lake soccer match.
Brown had filed a civil suit against Kalshi around October 20, and on October 27 the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Utah in an effort to block the state from enforcing its gambling laws against the federally registered prediction market. Kalshi called the criminal charges an overreach; the case at this stage consists of allegations only, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless convicted in court.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：盐湖城市政厅。 / Salt Lake City Hall in Utah.
