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Trading app Robinhood settles SEC charges for $65 million
17.12.2020
The SEC says the trading app misled users by claiming to be commission-free, while charging extra on execution prices that it got back from the market makers
SEC Charges Rapper TI With Securities Violations for Promoting 2017 ICO
11.9.2020
The SEC alleged film producer Ryan Felton misappropriated funds from two separate initial coin offerings, and charged rapper TI with boosting one of them
Self-Help Firm That Mostly Took Bitcoin as Payment Mostly Just Helped Itself, SEC Charges
2.9.2020
Ninety-two percent of Mindset 24 investors allegedly lost some of their funds. They'd paid in over a million dollars - mostly in bitcoin
Boontech, Founder Pavithran Settle SEC Charges Over Fraudulent ICO and Registration Violations
14.8.2020
Marketed as a “decentralised job marketplace,” Boontech and its founder Rajesh Pavithran have settled charges of fraud and registration violation brought by the SEC
SEC Charges Lobbying Kingpin Jack Abramoff With Fraud For Promotion of 2018 ICO
25.6.2020
Abramoff and the founder of AML Bitcoin face charges for fraud in misrepresenting the token’s compliance, with the founder himself facing jail time for money laundering
SEC Charges 2 With Fraudulent Water-Backed Token Sale
3.4.2020
The SEC charged a former Texas pastor and his wife for allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors through an alkaline water-backed cryptocurrency TeshuaCoin
SEC Charges Former State Senator Over Digital Asset ‘Scam’
23.3.2020
The SEC alleges that the Meta 1 Coin sale violated antifraud and securities regulation. It also promised some crazy returns
ICO Project Enigma Settles SEC Charges Over $45M Token Sale
19.2.2020
The SEC settled charges with Engima MPC alleging it raised $45 million in an unregistered securities sale with its 2017 ICO. Engima will refund investors and pay a penalty
SEC Charges Ohio Man for $33M Crypto Fraud Targeting Physicians
12.2.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against a man for allegedly swindling 150 investors in an elaborate crypto trading scam
SEC Charges $600,000 ICO Project Opporty for Fraudulent Security Offering
22.1.2020
The SEC is targeting a U.S. ICO project for fraudulent claims, despite the relatively small sums collected
SEC Charges Blockchain Marketplace Opporty Over ‘Fraudulent’ $600,000 ICO
22.1.2020
The firm is alleged to have conducted a fraudulent and unregistered sale of digital assets called OPP Tokens, raising around $600,000
US SEC Charges Convict and Associates for $30M Fraudulent ICO
17.1.2020
The U.S. SEC has charged Boaz Manor and his associates with raising over $30 million through a fraudulent ICO
SEC Charges ICO Operator Who Used Alias After Past Conviction
17.1.2020
The SEC has charged Blockchain Terminal founder Boaz Manor with securities fraud for a $30 million ICO conducted in 2017 and 2018
SEC Charges Man Behind Alleged Crypto Mining Scam
9.1.2020
The SEC claims Donald Blakstad bilked investors of $3.5 million. One scheme involved a non-existent crypto mining operation
SEC Charges Startup BCOT for Conducting Unregistered ICO
19.12.2019
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has done a settlement with the New York-based startup Blockchain of Things Inc. (BCOT) for executing an unregistered ICO. The SEC noticed that BCOT had neglected to register its ICO as per government federal securities laws and it did...
US SEC Charges Shopin Founder With Orchestrating Fraudulent $42 Million ICO
12.12.2019
Shopin Founder and CEO Eran Eyal allegedly spent $500,000 of investor funds on personal expenses
SEC Charges Shopin CEO With Fraud Over Unregistered $42M ICO
11.12.2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Shopin and its founder Eran Eyal with fraud after a $42 million initial coin offering. The SEC announced Wednesday that Eyal had been charged with defrauding investors by selling unregistered securities in the form of Shopin Tokens....
SEC Charges Fantasy Market Founder with Fraudulent ICO Scheme
24.9.2019
SEC charges the founder of Fantasy Market with fraudulent ICO scheme
SEC Charges Adult Entertainment Token Platform With 2017 ICO Fraud
24.9.2019
The U.S. SEC has charged the CEO of an online adult entertainment marketplace with running a fraudulent initial coin offering scheme
SEC Charges Token Sale Platform For Illegal $14M Securities Offering
19.9.2019
The U.S. SEC has charged ICOBox with acting as an unregistered broker and conducting an illegal securities offering