Vanbex Labs Sells Two Products to Hyperion Amid Fraud Investigation

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Securities and cryptocurrency exchange Hyperion Technologies acquired two products developed by blockchain consulting firm Vanbex Labs, which is currently under investigation in British Columbia.

Vanbex announced in a post published on its blog on Sept. 4 that Hyperion had acquired Vanbex's blockchain solutions Rocket and CryptoTaxes.

The Forfeiture Office alleges that Vanbex and its partner Etherparty carried out the FUEL token ICO with the sole intention of pocketing the money.

According to the office, the company received $22.5 million in the alleged crypto fraud, and attempted to liquidate their assets in response to an investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

At the beginning of May, Vanbex also filed a lawsuit against its former contractor for spreading false and defamatory statements about the firm.

Vanbex's founder Cheng told Cointelegraph at the time that the firm knew with certainty that false claims by their former contractor "Have created files with several government agencies," adding that business accounts have not been frozen.

The two products will be available through Hyperion's platform for the FUEL token which has been launched by the firm in 2017.

Vanbex will continue to operate as a blockchain consulting company with a focus on supporting Hyperion's growth.

Cryptocurrency exchanges are acquiring companies or products increasingly often.

One of the last examples took place earlier this week when Binance, the world's largest exchange by trading volume, has acquired JEX, a crypto-asset trading platform that offers spot and derivatives trading services.

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