NEW YORK, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief investment officer of a prominent London hedge fund was charged on Thursday with fraudulently manipulating the U.S. dollar-South African rand exchange rate in order to trigger a $20 million payment, U.S. prosecutors said.

纽约，9月1日（路透社）--美国检察官表示，伦敦一家知名对冲基金的联合创始人兼首席投资官周四被指控舞弊性地操纵美元-南非兰特汇率，以引发2000万美元的付款。

Neil Phillips, 52, of Glen Point Capital LLP, was indicted in Manhattan on four criminal charges including wire fraud, commodities fraud and two conspiracy counts.

Glen Point Capital LLP的52岁的尼尔-菲利普斯在曼哈顿被起诉，罪名包括电信舞弊、商品舞弊和两项阴谋罪。

Prosecutors said Phillips on Dec. 26, 2017, directed $725 million of dollar-rand trades to drive the exchange rate below 12.50, entitling him to the $20 million under a contract that might otherwise have expired worthless one week later.

检察官说，2017年12月26日，菲利普斯指导了7.25亿美元的美元-兰特交易，使汇率低于12.50，使他有权根据一份可能在一周后到期的合同获得2000万美元的资金。

Phillips was arrested in Spain this week at the United States' request, and would be extradited to face the charges.

应美国的要求，菲利普斯本周在西班牙被捕，并将被引渡以面对这些指控。

Glen Point is not a defendant or named in the indictment, but Phillips registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission as being associated with that firm.

Glen Point公司不是被告，也没有在起诉书中被提及，但菲利普斯在美国商品期货交易委员会注册时说自己与该公司有关联。

A lawyer for Phillips could not immediately be identified. Glen Point did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

菲利普斯的一名律师无法立即被确认。Glen Point公司没有立即回应评论请求。

Prosecutors said Glen Point had in October 2017 bought a "one touch" contract from an unnamed New York bank that provided for the $20 million payment if the dollar-rate rate fell below 12.50, and which expired on Jan. 2, 2018.

检察官说，Glen Point在2017年10月从一家不知名的纽约银行购买了一份 "一触即发 "合同，规定如果美元汇率低于12.50，就支付2000万美元，该合同于2018年1月2日到期。

The indictment said that as the deadline loomed, Phillips worked with a Singapore-based bank employee on the trades, and sent messages including "my aim is to trade thru 50" and "need to get it thru 50. 4990 is fine."

起诉书说，随着*后期限的临近，菲利普斯与一名新加坡的银行雇员合作进行交易，并发送了包括 "我的目标是交易突破50 "和 "需要让它突破5.4990就可以了"。

According to the indictment, after the 12.50 rate was breached, Phillips messaged the employee: "Perfect."

根据起诉书，在突破12.50的汇率后，菲利普斯给该员工发了信息："完美"。

He received the $20 million two days later, and later reported a positive 6% return for the month of December to his investors, the indictment said.

起诉书说，两天后他收到了2000万美元，后来向他的投资者报告了12月份6%的正收益。

"As alleged, Mr. Phillips maliciously manipulated global markets in order to defraud financial institutions for illicit profit," FBI assistant director Michael Driscoll said in a statement.

"联邦调查局助理局长迈克尔-德里斯科尔在一份声明中说："正如所指控的那样，菲利普斯先生恶意操纵全球市场，以欺骗金融机构获取非法利润。

The case is U.S. v. Phillips, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 22-cr-00138.

此案为美国诉菲利普斯案，纽约南区美国地方法院，编号为22-cr-00138。

Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Nell Mackenzie in London; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Jonathan Oatis

乔纳森-斯坦佩尔（Jonathan Stempel）在纽约报道；内尔-麦肯齐（Nell Mackenzie）在伦敦补充报道；编辑：Chizu Nomiyama和Jonathan Oatis