Hack history / 2023 / Fraud
HOUNAX
Fraud on Nov 27, 2023 · Scam
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$19.8M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Virtual Asset Platform HOUNAX Investigated for Fraud. On November 1, HOUNAX was placed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on a warning list of "Suspicious Virtual Asset Trading Platforms," which is designed to alert investors to risks. On November 29, Hong Kong police reported that 158 Hong Kong investors had been lured by the unlicensed platform HOUNAX and lost approximately HK$155 million ($19.83 million).
Details
- Date
- Nov 27, 2023
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- Scam
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "HOUNAX fraud, Nov 27, 2023: $19.8M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht2af1692068/ (data as of 2026-10-31).