犹他州对预测市场Kalshi提起14项刑事指控：涉非法赌博推广
犹他州首府盐湖城（Salt Lake City），州总检察长办公室10月30日披露，已对预测市场运营商 Kalshi 及其两名联合创始人提起刑事起诉，指控其违反犹他州禁赌法律，案件在盐湖县第三地区法院审理。
起诉书共列14项罪名，包括一项二级重罪的非法活动模式罪、12项三级重罪的网络赌博推广罪与一项轻罪的一般赌博推广罪，被告包括 Kalshi 首席执行官 Tarek Mansour 与首席运营官 Luana Lopes Lara。
检方称，总检察长办公室一名探员9月以犹他州地址、电话与借记卡开设 Kalshi 账户，下注12场体育赛事，总额114.87美元、亏损25.10美元，每一注对应一项三级重罪指控。总检察长 Derek Brown 表示，赌博在犹他州是非法的，无论下注、经营还是推广，称其为预测市场并不能改变性质。
此前，犹他州已于10月20日提起民事诉讼，索赔最高6,120万美元；美国商品期货交易委员会则起诉犹他州，试图阻止州政府对联邦注册交易所执法，双方的管辖权之争仍在继续。
Utah Files 14 Criminal Counts Against Prediction Market Kalshi
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The state Attorney General's Office disclosed October 30 that it has filed criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and its two co-founders, alleging violations of Utah's gambling ban. The case is before the Third District Court in Salt Lake County.
The complaint lists 14 counts: one second-degree felony count of engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity, 12 third-degree felony counts of online gambling promotion, and one misdemeanor count of general gambling promotion. The defendants include Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and COO Luana Lopes Lara.
Prosecutors say an attorney general's investigator opened a Kalshi account in September using a Utah address, phone number and debit card, and placed 12 sports bets totaling $114.87, losing $25.10 — each bet corresponding to one third-degree felony count. Attorney General Derek Brown said gambling is illegal in Utah whether betting, operating or promoting, and that calling it a prediction market does not change its nature.
Utah previously filed a civil suit on October 20 seeking up to $61.2 million. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sued Utah to block state enforcement against a federally registered exchange, and that jurisdictional fight is ongoing.
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