SEC klaagt Justin Sun en grote beroemdheden aan: alles wat u moet weten
- The SEC accused Tron founder Justin Sun of orchestrating the “unregistered offer and sale” of tokens and manipulative trading as well.
- De toezichthouder beweert dat Sun beroemdheden als Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul en Akon heeft gemaakt om ze te promoten via hun socialemediaplatforms.
- The suit claims that Sun sold tokens via unregistered “bounty programs” that “directed interested parties to promote the tokens on social media.”
- Tussen april 2018 en februari 2019 verhandelde de ondernemer dagelijks tussen de 4,5 miljoen en 7,4 miljoen TRX, volgens de SEC.
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.”
Volgens de laat los, 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.
Om de publieke belangstelling voor deze tokens te vergroten, beweert de SEC dat Sun beroemdheden heeft ingehuurd om ze via hun socialemediaplatforms te promoten. Het is cruciaal op te merken dat de beroemdheden die werden ingehuurd om TRX en BTT te promoten, de Amerikaanse rapper DeAndre Cortez Way zijn, ook wel bekend als Soulja Boy; Austin Mahone; actrice Lindsay Lohan; YouTuber Jake Paul; en zangeres Aliaune Thiam, ook wel bekend als Akon.
Andere beroemdheden die in de rechtszaak worden genoemd, zijn onder meer pornofilmacteur Michele Mason, ook wel bekend als Kendra Lust; rapper Miles Parks McCollum, beter bekend als Lil Yachty; en kunstenaar Shaffer Smith, ook wel bekend als 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.”
Interessant is dat de toezichthouder beweert dat Sun in ieder geval tussen april 2018 en februari 2019 zijn werknemers opdracht heeft gegeven om meer dan 600.000 TRX-transacties uit te voeren tussen de rekeningen van twee crypto-activa-uitwisselingen die hij controleerde. Het is cruciaal op te merken dat volgens de SEC de ondernemer dagelijks tussen de 4,5 miljoen en 7,4 miljoen TRX-wash verhandelde.
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.”
Zoals eerder gemeld door Bitnation, suggereerde Gensler onlangs dat alle PoS-cryptotokens kunnen als effecten worden beschouwd and contradicted CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s statement when he said that stablecoins and Ether (ETH) are not securities.