Orionx Co-Founders Accused of Mismanaging $7 Million in Customer Assets

Orionx, a Chilean cryptocurrency exchange, shut down permanently on September 3, 2026, after a forensic audit revealed that more than $7 million in customer assets had been moved to wallets not under its control. The company's own co-founders, Roberto Zibert and Joaquín Díaz, are named in a criminal complaint dated September 2 for allegedly mismanaging funds.

The complaint accuses the founders of administración desleal, or disloyal administration, but those allegations still need to be tested by prosecutors and a court. The transfers in question date back to 2018 and 2019, with major movements later tied to accounts on platforms including Binance and Celsius.

Orionx had over 100,000 registered users at the time of its shutdown, and withdrawals were suspended while the company began a five-stage closure process. The complaint describes questioned transfers totaling more than $1.5 million across 14 transactions to an account linked to Díaz.