
SEC processa Justin Sun e grandes celebridades: tudo o que você deve saber
- The SEC accused Tron founder Justin Sun of orchestrating the “unregistered offer and sale” of tokens and manipulative trading as well.
- O regulador afirma que a Sun criou celebridades como Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul e Akon para promovê-los por meio de suas plataformas de mídia social.
- The suit claims that Sun sold tokens via unregistered “bounty programs” that “directed interested parties to promote the tokens on social media.”
- Entre abril de 2018 e fevereiro de 2019, o empresário negociou entre 4,5 milhões e 7,4 milhões de TRX diariamente, segundo a 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.”
Conforme liberar, 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.
Para aumentar o interesse do público por esses tokens, a SEC afirma que a Sun contratou celebridades para promovê-los por meio de suas plataformas de mídia social. É importante notar que as celebridades que foram contratadas para promover TRX e BTT incluem o rapper americano DeAndre Cortez Way, também conhecido como Soulja Boy; Austin Mahone; a atriz Lindsay Lohan; YouTuber Jake Paul; e o cantor Aliaune Thiam, também conhecido como Akon.
Outras celebridades mencionadas no processo incluem a atriz de filmes pornográficos Michele Mason, também conhecida como Kendra Lust; o rapper Miles Parks McCollum, mais conhecido como Lil Yachty; e o artista Shaffer Smith, também conhecido como 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.”
Curiosamente, o regulador afirma que, pelo menos entre abril de 2018 e fevereiro de 2019, Sun instruiu seus funcionários a se envolverem em mais de 600.000 transações de lavagem de TRX entre as contas de duas bolsas de criptoativos que ele controlava. É crucial observar que, de acordo com a SEC, o empresário lavava entre 4,5 milhões e 7,4 milhões de TRX lavados diariamente.
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.”
Conforme relatado anteriormente pela Bitnation, Gensler sugeriu recentemente que todos os Os tokens criptográficos PoS podem ser considerados valores mobiliários and contradicted CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam’s statement when he said that stablecoins and Ether (ETH) are not securities.