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Canadian couple arrested by SEC for counterfeiting cryptocurrencies agree to pay $7 million

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加拿大一对夫妇从加密货币项目中筹集了1500万美元,并同意支付700万美元给美国证券交易委员会以解决诉讼。
长期案件终结
Sabrina Paradis-Royer和Dominic Lacroix募集了1500万美元投资以推出PlexCoin。他们告诉投资者,他们筹集的资金将有助于PlexCorps,一个加拿大的加密货币组织。然而,当美国证券交易委员会的新网络犯罪部门在2017年底开始调查ICO时,PlexCoin引起了当局的关注。美国证券交易委员会起诉了这对夫妇,因为他们计划将这笔钱用于“家居装饰项目”,并没有名为PlexCorps的公司来利用投资者的资金。
监管机构声称这对夫妇经营着一个未注册的数字货币,并就ICO的回报作出了“虚假和误导性”的陈述。Lacroix在加拿大违反证券法的历史已经是众所周知的。被告最初试图争辩称美国监管机构对加拿大公司没有管辖权。后来,他们表示这个案件会给在线活动树立错误的示范。
法官驳回了这种说法
纽约的一位法官驳回了没有管辖权的主张,称美国投资者参与了筹款过程,并且由于此原因,SEC对此事具有管辖权。他们指出Lacroix使用了他的社交媒体账户来推动ICO,并亲自访问美国以募集资金。
这起诉讼已经进行了18个月,现在这对夫妇同意支付456万美元的利润给美国证券交易委员会,此外还支付了34.8万美元的利息。他们还被处以100万美元的民事罚款。这些资金主要将从夫妇在Payward、Square和Wells Fargo的冻结账户以及其他23个账户中筹集。
和解协议尚未得到法官的签署。有趣的是,这对夫妇没有承认任何不当行为。在他们提交注册声明之前,他们将被禁止进行证券交易。他们也不能在未来发起ICO。此外,Lacroix被禁止成为任何提供加密货币产品的公司的董事。
尽管美国证券交易委员会可能认为这是一场重大胜利,但它还有另一场战斗要打赢。该机构目前正在与Kik展开争斗,Kik是一家运营Kik Messenger的公司,现在它也拥有自己的数字货币。Kik也是一家加拿大公司。

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