
SEC pozywa Justina Suna i głównych celebrytów: wszystko, co powinieneś wiedzieć
- The SEC accused Tron founder Justin Sun of orchestrating the “unregistered offer and sale” of tokens and manipulative trading as well.
- Regulator twierdzi, że Sun zmusił celebrytów, takich jak Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul i Akon, do promowania ich za pośrednictwem platform społecznościowych.
- The suit claims that Sun sold tokens via unregistered “bounty programs” that “directed interested parties to promote the tokens on social media.”
- Według SEC, między kwietniem 2018 a lutym 2019 roku przedsiębiorca Wash handlował między 4,5 a 7,4 milionami TRX dziennie.
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.”
Zgodnie z wydanie, 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.
Aby zwiększyć zainteresowanie opinii publicznej tymi tokenami, SEC twierdzi, że Sun zatrudnił celebrytów do promowania ich za pośrednictwem swoich platform mediów społecznościowych. Warto zauważyć, że do promocji TRX i BTT zatrudniono między innymi amerykańskiego rapera DeAndre Cortez Way, znanego również jako Soulja Boy; Austin Mahone; aktorka Lindsay Lohan; YouTuber Jake Paul; i piosenkarz Aliaune Thiam, znany również jako Akon.
Inne gwiazdy wymienione w pozwie to aktor filmów pornograficznych Michele Mason, znany również jako Kendra Lust; raper Miles Parks McCollum, lepiej znany jako Lil Yachty; oraz artysta Shaffer Smith, znany również jako 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.”
Co ciekawe, regulator twierdzi, że przynajmniej między kwietniem 2018 a lutym 2019 roku Sun polecił swoim pracownikom angażowanie się w ponad 600 000 transakcji wymiany TRX między kontami dwóch kontrolowanych przez niego giełd aktywów kryptograficznych. Należy zauważyć, że według SEC przedsiębiorca prał codziennie od 4,5 miliona do 7,4 miliona TRX.
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.”
Jak donosił wcześniej Bitnation, Gensler zasugerował niedawno, że wszystkie Tokeny kryptograficzne PoS mogą być uważane za papiery wartościowe and contradicted CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s statement when he said that stablecoins and Ether (ETH) are not securities.