La SEC fa causa a Justin Sun e alle grandi celebrità: tutto quello che dovresti sapere
- The SEC accused Tron founder Justin Sun of orchestrating the “unregistered offer and sale” of tokens and manipulative trading as well.
- Il regolatore afferma che Sun ha creato celebrità come Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul e Akon per promuoverli tramite le loro piattaforme di social media.
- The suit claims that Sun sold tokens via unregistered “bounty programs” that “directed interested parties to promote the tokens on social media.”
- Tra aprile 2018 e febbraio 2019, secondo la SEC, l'imprenditore wash ha scambiato giornalmente tra 4,5 milioni e 7,4 milioni di TRX.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become increasingly strict when it comes to crypto promotion and offerings and has recently fined many celebrities, including Kim Kardashian, for the same. Interestingly, as per a recent press release, the regulator has sued the founder of Tron blockchain, Justin Sun, for the “orchestration of the unregistered offer and sale, manipulative trading, and unlawful touting of crypto asset securities.”
Come per il pubblicazione, the SEC has filed a lawsuit against crypto entrepreneur Sun, who is the founder of the Tron Foundation, the BitTorrent Foundation, and Rainberry, in a District Court for the Southern District of New York, over the sale of cryptocurrencies Tron (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT). The regulator noted that Sun was involved in the sale of securities while adding that he engaged in “manipulative wash trading” as well.
Per aumentare l'interesse del pubblico per questi token, la SEC afferma che Sun ha assunto celebrità per promuoverli tramite le loro piattaforme di social media. È fondamentale notare che le celebrità che sono state assunte per promuovere TRX e BTT includono il rapper americano DeAndre Cortez Way, noto anche come Soulja Boy; Austin Mahone; l'attrice Lindsay Lohan; YouTuber Jake Paul; e il cantante Aliaune Thiam, noto anche come Akon.
Altre celebrità menzionate nella causa includono l'attore di film pornografici Michele Mason, noto anche come Kendra Lust; il rapper Miles Parks McCollum, meglio conosciuto come Lil Yachty; e l'artista Shaffer Smith, noto anche come Ne-Yo.
“As alleged, Sun and his companies not only targeted U.S. investors in their unregistered offers and sales, generating millions in illegal proceeds at the expense of investors, but they also coordinated wash trading on an unregistered trading platform to create the misleading appearance of active trading in TRX. Sun further induced investors to purchase TRX and BTT by orchestrating a promotional campaign in which he and his celebrity promoters hid the fact that the celebrities were paid for their tweets,” said SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
According to the release, the SEC alleges that Sun sold BTT and TRX via many unregistered “bounty programs” that “directed interested parties to promote the tokens on social media, join and recruit others to Tron-affiliated Telegram and Discord channels, and create BitTorrent accounts in exchange for TRX and BTT distributions.”
The regulator also alleges that Sun, the BitTorrent Foundation, and Rainberry airdropped tokens to the wallets of many investors in the US and did not register these assets as securities with the SEC. Additionally, the agency also accused Sun of violating “the antifraud and market manipulation provisions of the federal securities laws by orchestrating a scheme to artificially inflate the apparent trading volume of TRX in the secondary market.”
È interessante notare che il regolatore afferma che, almeno tra aprile 2018 e febbraio 2019, Sun ha ordinato ai suoi dipendenti di impegnarsi in più di 600.000 transazioni di lavaggio di TRX tra i conti di due scambi di criptovalute che controllava. È fondamentale notare che, secondo la SEC, l'imprenditore ha lavato tra 4,5 milioni e 7,4 milioni di TRX scambiati giornalmente.
The release claims that “Sun also sold TRX into the secondary market, generating proceeds of $31 million from illegal, unregistered offers and sales of the token.” The SEC confirmed that except Cortez Way and Mahone, the other celebrities “agreed to pay a total of more than $400,000 in disgorgement, interest, and penalties to settle the charges, without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings.”
Come riportato in precedenza da Bitnation, Gensler ha recentemente suggerito che tutti i file I token crittografici PoS possono essere considerati titoli and contradicted CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s statement when he said that stablecoins and Ether (ETH) are not securities.
Un giornalista crittografico con oltre 3 anni di esperienza in DeFi, NFT, metaverse, ecc. Parth ha lavorato con i principali media nel mondo crittografico e finanziario e ha acquisito esperienza e competenza nella cultura crittografica dopo essere sopravvissuto ai mercati ribassisti e rialzisti nel corso degli anni.
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