Kim Kardashian's crypto misadventure tau tsaws nws hauv dej kub nrog tsoomfwv tswj hwm.
Qhov tseeb TV superstar thiab influencer tau daws Securities thiab Exchange Commission tsub uas nws ua tsis tau tejyam qhia tawm cov nyiaj them uas nws tau txais rau touting ib tug crypto cuab tam ntawm nws Instagram pub, lub koom haum tshaj tawm hnub Monday sawv ntxov.
"Cov ntaub ntawv no yog ib qho kev ceeb toom tias, thaum cov neeg muaj koob muaj npe lossis cov neeg muaj kev cuam tshuam pom zoo cov peev txheej, suav nrog cov cuab yeej cuab tam crypto, nws tsis tau txhais hais tias cov khoom lag luam kev nqis peev zoo rau txhua tus tub ua lag luam," Gary Gensler, tus thawj coj ntawm SEC, tau hais hauv xov xwm tshaj tawm. .
Gensler tau hais tias rooj plaub kuj tseem ceeb rau kev ceeb toom tias txoj cai xav kom cov neeg nto moo thiab lwm tus tshaj tawm thaum twg thiab ntau npaum li cas lawv tau them los txhawb kev nqis peev hauv kev nyab xeeb.
Kardashian, uas tau tshaj tawm tias muaj nqis txog $ 1.8 nphom, tau pom zoo them $ 1.26 lab los daws cov nqi tshaj li kev nce qib ntawm meta's Instagram rau EthereumMax's crypto cuab tam, SEC tau hais. Nws kuj tseem yuav koom tes nrog kev tshawb nrhiav tsis tu ncua, thiab tau pom zoo tsis txhawb nqa crypto txiaj rau peb xyoos, tus tswj hwm ntxiv.
Nyeem ntxiv: Vim li cas koj yuav tsum ceev faj txog kev nqis peev cov lus qhia los ntawm cov neeg muaj npe nrov
Txawm li cas los xij, Kardashian, uas tau tsim lub tebchaws tshaj tawm thiab kev ua neej nyob, tsis tau lees paub lossis tsis lees paub tus tswj xyuas qhov kev tshawb pom, SEC tau hais.
Hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm, tus kws lij choj rau Kardashian tau hais tias nws txaus siab los daws qhov teeb meem.
"Kardashian tau koom tes nrog SEC txij thaum pib thiab nws tseem kam ua txhua yam nws ua tau los pab SEC hauv qhov teeb meem no. Nws xav tau qhov teeb meem no tom qab nws kom tsis txhob muaj kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntev. Daim ntawv cog lus nws tau ua tiav nrog SEC tso cai rau nws ua qhov ntawd kom nws tuaj yeem mus tom ntej nrog nws ntau yam kev lag luam sib txawv, "cov lus hais.
Qhov kev sib hais haum tau pab Kardashian zam kom tsis txhob muaj kev cuam tshuam ntau ntxiv uas yuav muaj feem cuam tshuam txog kev tso nyiaj thiab sau cov ntaub ntawv, raws li kws lij choj Duncan Levin, uas tau sawv cev rau tus neeg dag ntxias Anna Sorokin, aka Anna Delvey. Nws kuj tau muab sijhawm rau SEC los ua piv txwv ntawm lub hnub qub, nws hais.
"SEC txaus siab xa xov mus rau lwm tus neeg muaj peev xwm muaj peev xwm lees paub txog kev nyab xeeb, kom paub tseeb tias lawv cov ntawv tshaj tawm tsis raug yuam kev raws li kev qhia nyiaj txiag," said Levin, uas kuj ua haujlwm hauv tsoomfwv tus kws lij choj thiab ua tus thawj coj ntawm cov cuab yeej cuab tam hauv New York District Attorney's Office.
Kardashian twb tau hnov txog kev tswj hwm kub ntawm nws qhov kev tshaj tawm EthereumMax, uas nws tau tshaj tawm hauv Instagram thaum Lub Rau Hli. xyoo dhau los. Nws pib tshaj tawm los ntawm kev nug nws kwv yees li 250 lab tus thwjtim Instagram, "Koj puas nkag mus rau hauv CRYPTO ??? Qhov no tsis yog cov lus qhia txog nyiaj txiag tab sis qhia qhov kuv cov phooj ywg tsuas yog qhia kuv txog ETHEREUM MAX TOKEN. "
Cov neeg lag luam tau foob nws, yav dhau los NBA lub hnub qub Paul Pierce thiab superstar boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no tshaj lawv cov kev tshaj tawm rau EthereumMax, liam lawv ntawm kev dag ntxias tus nqi ntawm cov cuab tam.
SEC rau hnub Monday tau hais tias Kardashian ua tsis tiav tau tshaj tawm tias nws tau them $ 250,000 los ntawm EthereumMax, los ntawm ib tus neeg nruab nrab, tshaj tawm cov ntawv tshaj tawm txog EMAX tokens, cov khoom muaj nqis crypto muab los ntawm EthereumMax. Cov ntawv tshaj tawm, uas muaj cov hashtag "#ad," suav nrog qhov txuas mus rau EthereumMax lub vev xaib, uas muab cov lus qhia rau cov neeg siv txog kev yuav cov tokens, tus tswj hwm ntxiv.
Nws tsis tau tshaj tawm cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm yog ua txhaum cai ntawm tsoomfwv txoj cai lij choj, SEC tau hais. Nws tau pom zoo them $ 260,000, uas suav nrog cov nyiaj uas nws tau txais, ntxiv rau cov paj laum, ntxiv rau $ 1 lab nplua, lub koom haum ntxiv.
"Congress tau dhau txoj cai lij choj ntau xyoo dhau los hu ua Securities Act, thiab nws yog los tiv thaiv pej xeem," Gensler hais rau CNBC's "Squawk Box” nyob rau hnub Monday sawv ntxov. "Ib feem ntawm txoj cai lij choj hais tias yog tias koj tshaj tawm cov khoom lag luam koj yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm yog tias koj tau txais nyiaj."
Nyeem SEC tsab ntawv txiav txim no.
- CNBC's Jack Stebbins tau pab txhawb rau tsab ntawv ceeb toom no.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/03/kim-kardashian-settles-sec-charges-instagram-crypto-promotion.html