Search Results for: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Issuer charged with Conducting $100 Million Unregistered Initial Coin Offering
June 12th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting an illegal $100 million securities offering of digital tokens. The SEC charges that Kik sold the tokens to U.S. investors without registering their offer and sale as required ...
Beware: Emergency Order against Ponzi scheme targeting hundreds of investors
May 23rd, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing $30 million Ponzi scheme targeting more than 300 investors in the U.S. and Canada. The SEC complaint ...
Founder of online gaming company charged for defrauding investors
February 11th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Robert Alexander with fraudulently raising approximately $9 million from more than 50 individuals by selling investments in Kizzang LLC, a purported online gaming business. According to the SEC’s complaint, among other misrepresentations, Alexander ...
Ponzi Scheme ordered to pay $1 billion in penalties
January 30th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal court in Florida ordered Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC and its former owner to pay $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme that targeted retail investors. ...
JPMorgan to pay more than $135 million to settle charges
December 27th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. will pay more than $135 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs – U.S. securities that represent foreign shares of ...
Executives to pay Millions to settle initial coin offering scam charges
December 13th, 2018
Two former executives behind an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that was stopped by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year have been ordered in federal court to pay nearly $2.7 million and prohibited from serving ...
SEC halts alleged insider trading ring spanning three countries
December 7th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed insider trading charges against an IT contractor and two others he illegally tipped with confidential client information he stole while working in the Singapore branch of an investment bank. The SEC ...
Citibank agreed to pay millions to settle charges
November 8th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Citibank N.A. has agreed to pay $38.7 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs – U.S. securities that represent foreign shares of a foreign ...
Bitcoin turns 10 — how it went from an abstract idea to a $100 billion market in a decade
November 1st, 2018
Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers was declaring bankruptcy and the global economy was lurching into recession, the idea for an alternative currency was being quietly built online. Bitcoin went from an anti-establishment fad on the internet to a ...
Beware of fraudulent initial coin offering
October 12th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has obtained an emergency court order halting a planned initial coin offering (ICO), which backers falsely claimed was approved by the SEC. The order also halts ongoing pre-ICO sales by ...
