SEC unable to locate BitConnect founder convicted in $2.4B fraud case
BitConnect founder is being sued for illegally raising funds and defrauding American investors of over $2 billion.
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BitConnect founder is being sued for illegally raising funds and defrauding American investors of over $2 billion.
The Treasury Department guidelines equated crypto transactions to “deceptive or structured transactions or dealings” in attempting to evade U.S. sanctions.
SEC enforcement director Gurbir Grewal reportedly said the agency wouldn't be ignoring the funds or securities laws violations for crypto companies that come to them.
Age verification and educations around the implications of blockchain technology should be enforced for minors dabbling in the crypto space.
A San Diego-based federal grand jury charged Kumbhani for orchestrating an alleged Ponzi scheme via BitConnect’s “Lending Program” among other allegations.
The crypto exchange declared it spent $120,000 on lobbying activities in the U.S. in the third and fourth quarters of 2021.
“If a wealthy individual is concerned that their accounts may be frozen due to sanctions, they can simply hold their wealth in Bitcoin," said Mati Greenspan.
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has denied its own supposedly false statement on being included in the U.S. sanctions list on Thursday.
Bank of New York Mellon, the world’s largest custodian bank, has partnered with blockchain software firm Chainalysis to track its users’ crypto transactions.
The Jam-Dex is named after the Jamaican Digital Exchange following a competition. Its slogan is "no cash, no problem."