Hong Kong authorities have charged 16 people, including influencer and former lawyer Joseph Lam Chok, over their alleged involvement in the $205 million (HK$1.6 billion) JPEX crypto fraud. The suspects were accused of fraud, conspiracy to defraud, and money laundering under Hong Kong’s anti-money-laundering law after a two-year investigation into the unlicensed exchange, according to a report from South China Morning Post. Police said more than 2,700 investors were defrauded through JPEX’s network of soc ...