SEC Charges Crypto Firms for Alleged Scam With 'Gold-Backed' Ethereum DIG Token

US Securities thiab Exchange Commission tsis tau hnov ​​qab txog 2017 ICO kev hlub.

Lub SEC tau foob rau hnub Friday rau plaub tus txiv neej tom qab Bermudan lub tuam txhab Arbitrade Ltd., Canadian tuam txhab Cryptobontix Inc., thiab UAE-based Sion Trading rau kev liam tias khiav lub twj tso kua mis thiab pob pov tseg cryptocurrency token tswv yim muaj nqis txog $ 36.8 lab los ntawm 2017 txog 2019.

Cov txiv neej tom qab qhov kev dag ntxias tau lees tias lawv muaj $ 10 billion tsim nyog ntawm tiag kub bullion nyob rau hauv ib tug cia uas yuav rov qab lawv Ethereum-based crypto token ironically hu ua Dignity (DIG). 

DIG cov neeg tsim khoom tau thov tias txhua qhov ntawm peb billion tag nrho DIG tokens tau rov qab los ntawm ib duas nqi ntawm kub thiab tias DIG tokens tuaj yeem txhiv rau cov kub.

Lub SEC liam tias Troy RJ Hogg, James L. Goldberg, Stephen L. Braverman, thiab "tus tub lag luam kub" Max W. Barber dag cov neeg siv khoom los ntawm kev dag txog qhov muaj nyob ntawm cov kub thiab ua txuj mus ntiav cov tuam txhab nyiaj txiag los "kuaj" hais tias kub.

Raws li SEC ua ntaub ntawv, DIG yog tsim los ntawm Lavxias teb sab developers nyob rau hauv 2017. Lub token yog ces pumped los ntawm lub Tsib Hlis 2018 mus txog rau thaum Lub ib hlis ntuj 2019 ntawm " cuav thiab dag ntxias" nias tawm thiab lub rooj sib tham xov xwm. 

Qhov tseem ceeb, DIG tsuas yog muaj rau kev yuav khoom ntawm Lavxias teb sab crypto pauv Livecoin, uas yog tom qab kaw lawm thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2021 vim muaj kev sib liam hack.

Txhawm rau ua qhov teeb meem tsis zoo, Hogg, Goldberg, thiab Braverman liam tias muag DIG tokens ntawm Livecoin ntawm "tus nqi sib tw," raws li SEC.

Cov neeg dag ntxias tau raug liam tias ua txhaum ntau ntu ntawm Securities Act of 1933 thiab Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

Lub SEC xav kom tus neeg raug liam them rov qab tag nrho cov nyiaj tau los uas tau txais thaum lub sijhawm raug foob nrog rau kev nplua nyiaj pej xeem ntxiv. SEC tseem tab tom nrhiav ib tus tub ceev xwm thiab tus thawj coj bar tawm tsam plaub tus txiv neej - qhov kev txwv uas yuav txwv tsis pub lawv dhau los ua tub ceev xwm lossis thawj coj ntawm lub tuam txhab lag luam tawm.