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Digital Currency Group Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit by NY Attorney General
6.3.2024
Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of the now-defunct Genesis Global Capital, has taken action to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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New York Attorney General Triples Fraud Allegations Against DCG to Over $3 Billion
9.2.2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James has escalated the state’s legal action against Digital Currency Group (DCG), tripling the estimated size of the alleged fraud to over $3 billion. This development follows a prolonged investigation by James’s office, which uncovered additional...
New York Expands Fraud Case Against Digital Currency Group to $3 Billion
9.2.2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James has amplified its fraud case against Digital Currency Group (DCG), now saying the company is responsible for $3 billion in investor losses tied to the Gemini Earn product and to direct investments with Genesis, according to a new court filing
Bankrupt Crypto Lender Genesis Moves to Settle with NY Attorney General
9.2.2024
Bankrupt lender Genesis on Thursday settled a lawsuit with New York Attorney General Letitia James over its now-defunct Earn program. The Earn program, operated jointly with Gemini Trust, offered customers up to 8% interest on crypto loans. But it was suspended amid the crypto market downturn...
New York AG Secures $22 Million Settlement From Kucoin for Unregistered Trading Activities
12.12.2023
In a recent legal development, New York Attorney General Letitia James has successfully obtained over $22 million from Kucoin, a well known crypto trading platform. This settlement arises from Kucoin’s alleged failure to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and...
DCG Hires Former Trump Impeachment Counsel in Defense Against NYAG Civil Lawsuit
1.11.2023
Digital Currency Group (DCG) has found itself under intense legal scrutiny after it was confronted with a civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James on October 19. In an attempt to challenge the allegations, DCG has enlisted renowned litigator Barry Berke, who previously served...
Best Crypto to Buy Now October 19 – Rollbit Coin, Radix, Render
19.10.2023
New York Attorney General Letitia James made headlines today by filing a lawsuit against cryptocurrency firms Genesis Global, Digital Currency Group (DCG), and Gemini.
The lawsuit accuses the firms of defrauding investors of more than $1 billion.
With the recent news from the New York Attorney...
Gemini, Genesis, DCG Face $1B Fraud Lawsuit by NY Attorney General; Gemini Says It’s the ‘Victim’ in Scandal
19.10.2023
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against crypto companies Gemini Trust Company, Genesis Global Capital, and its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) for allegedly defrauding over 230,000 investors out of more than $1 billion. The lawsuit claims the companies lied about...
US Court Dismisses Former Celsius Network CEO’s Motion to Block New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit
7.8.2023
Former Celsius Network Alex Mashinsky will now have to defend himself against a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James after a New York County Supreme Court Justice rejected his attempts to have the suit dismissed. The court’s decision blocks the attempt by Mashinsky to stop James...
CoinEx Has To Refund Thousands as Part of Settlement With New York Attorney General Letitia James
15.6.2023
Cryptocurrency firm CoinEx will have to refund thousands of New York investors more than $1.7 million and pay penalties to the state as a result of settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James.
CoinEx is also banned from operating in the state, according to a statement on Thursday from...
New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Kucoin and Declares Ethereum a Security
9.3.2023
On March 9, 2023, New York attorney general Letitia James announced that her office had once again cracked down on crypto platforms by filing a lawsuit against the Seychelles-based crypto exchange Kucoin. Members of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) were able to purchase crypto assets...
New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Exchange Coinex — Claims Trading Platform Offers Unregistered Securities
23.2.2023
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued cryptocurrency exchange Coinex “for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and for falsely representing itself as a crypto exchange.” The NY attorney general also stressed that Coinex is not registered with...
NY Attorney General Urges Congress to Ban Crypto in Retirement Accounts
25.11.2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged Congress to pass a law prohibiting crypto investments in retirement accounts. “Hardworking Americans should not have to worry about their retirement savings being wiped out due to risky bets on unstable assets like cryptocurrencies,”...
New York Attorney General Wants to Hear From Investors Deceived by Crypto Platforms
3.8.2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged investors in her state who believe they have been deceived by a crypto platform to contact her office. “Investors were promised large returns on cryptocurrencies, but instead lost their hard-earned money,” she stressed. Letitia James...
NY Attorney General Warns About Investing in Crypto Market — Says It’s Extremely Unpredictable, Unstable
3.6.2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a warning about investing in cryptocurrency. She said the crypto market is “extremely unpredictable” and “unstable,” noting that the market “reached record lows” last month. NY Attorney General Warns About...
NY Attorney General Targets 5 Crypto Companies: 2 Lending Platforms Ordered to Shut Down
19.10.2021
New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered two cryptocurrency lending platforms to shut down and requested three other platforms to answer questions regarding their activities immediately. The letters to the companies published on the attorney general’s website indicate that the...
NY Attorney General Shuts Down Crypto Trading Platform Coinseed That Cheated Investors out of Millions
15.9.2021
New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured a court order to shut down cryptocurrency exchange Coinseed. The order also “permanently appoints the court receiver to obtain, safeguard, and return all assets invested and traded through” the exchange. New York Attorney General...
NYAG Court Order to Shut Down Coinseed Succeeds, CEO Creates Profanity Token for Attorney General
9.6.2021
The crypto trading platform Coinseed is shutting down operations according to a written statement from the company’s CEO Delgerdalai Davaasambuu. A court order secured by New York Attorney General Letitia James told Coinseed to halt all of its operations. Following the announcement of...
US Authorities Seek Court Order to Shut Down Crypto Trading Platform Allegedly Duping Thousands of Investors
8.5.2021
New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a court order to immediately shut down the operations of cryptocurrency exchange Coinseed. The attorney general previously filed a lawsuit against the crypto exchange but the platform allegedly continued to operate and dupe investors....
US Authorities Take Action to Shut Down Crypto Trading Platform Allegedly Defrauding Thousands of Investors
19.2.2021
The New York attorney general and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have filed charges against a cryptocurrency trading platform that allegedly defrauded thousands of investors out of over a million dollars. US Regulators Allege Coinseed Operates Illegal Crypto Trading Platform...