PANews reported on April 25 that, according to Hong Kong 01, Chen Bailiang, then a senior manager at Huobi Group, was charged with six counts of dishonest access to a computer and one count of money laundering for allegedly using the alias "Chen Feng" to open a personal account and illegally conduct cryptocurrency dark pool transactions, transferring 4.999 million Tether (approximately HK$39.18 million) from the account to other personal platform accounts. After a trial in the High Court, a jury of four men and three women acquitted the defendant on all charges on April 24, and the defense's application for costs was also approved by the judge.