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Release No.
Date: Headline: Genesis Agrees to Pay $21 Million Penalty to Settle SEC Charges Release No.:2024-37
Date: Headline: SEC Charges 17 Individuals in $300 Million Crypto Asset Ponzi Scheme Targeting the Latino Community Release No.:2024-35
Date: Headline: SEC Charges TradeStation Crypto for Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Lending Product Release No.:2024-16
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Founder of American Bitcoin Academy Online Crypto Course with Fraud Targeting Students Release No.:2024-13
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Founder of $1.7 Billion “HyperFund” Crypto Pyramid Scheme and Top Promoter with Fraud Release No.:2024-11
Date: Headline: BarnBridge DAO Agrees to Stop Unregistered Offer and Sale of Structured Finance Crypto Product Release No.:2023-258
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Phoenix-Area Real Estate Fund Adviser Jonathan Larmore with $35 Million Fraud Release No.:2023-242
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Kraken for Operating as an Unregistered Securities Exchange, Broker, Dealer, and Clearing Agency Release No.:2023-237
Date: Headline: SEC Announces Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2023 Release No.:2023-234
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Crypto Company SafeMoon and its Executive Team for Fraud and Unregistered Offering of Crypto Securities Release No.:2023-229
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Creator of Stoner Cats Web Series for Unregistered Offering of NFTs Release No.:2023-178
Date: Headline: Linus Financial Agrees to Settle SEC Charges of Unregistered Offer and Sale of Securities Release No.:2023-171
Date: Headline: SEC Charges LA-Based Media and Entertainment Co. Impact Theory for Unregistered Offering of NFTs Release No.:2023-163
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Former New Jersey Corrections Officer with Crypto Fraud Scheme Targeting Law Enforcement Personnel Release No.:2023-157
Date: Headline: SEC Charges FinTech Investment Adviser Titan for Misrepresenting Hypothetical Performance of Investments and other Violations Release No.:2023-153
Date: Headline: Crypto Asset Trading Platform Bittrex and Former CEO to Settle SEC Charges for Operating an Unregistered Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency Release No.:2023-150
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Hex Founder Richard Heart with Misappropriating Millions of Dollars of Investor Funds from Unregistered Crypto Asset Securities Offerings that Raised more than $1 Billion Release No.:2023-143
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Celsius Network Limited and Founder Alex Mashinsky with Fraud and Unregistered Offer and Sale of Securities Release No.:2023-133
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Investment Fund Founder William K. Ichioka with $25 Million Offering Fraud Release No.:2023-116
Date: Headline: SEC Secures Emergency Relief to Protect Binance.US Customers’ Assets Release No.:2023-110
Date: Headline: SEC Unveils New Public Service Campaign Encouraging Older Investors to Never Stop Learning Release No.:2023-106
Date: Headline: SEC Seeks Emergency Relief to Ensure Binance.US Customers’ Assets are Protected Release No.:2023-103
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Coinbase for Operating as an Unregistered Securities Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency Release No.:2023-102
Date: Headline: SEC Files 13 Charges Against Binance Entities and Founder Changpeng Zhao Release No.:2023-101
Date: Headline: Former Coinbase Manager and His Brother Agree to Settle Insider Trading Charges Relating to Crypto Asset Securities Release No.:2023-98
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Crypto Asset Trading Platform Bittrex and its Former CEO for Operating an Unregistered Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency Release No.:2023-78
Date: Headline: SEC Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Amendments to Exchange Act Rule 3b-16 and Provides Supplemental Information Release No.:2023-77
Date: Headline: SEC to Highlight Free Investor Education Resources During Financial Capability Month Release No.:2023-71
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Crypto Trading Platform Beaxy and its Executives for Operating an Unregistered Exchange, Broker, and Clearing Agency Release No.:2023-64
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Crypto Entrepreneur Justin Sun and His Companies for Fraud and Other Securities Law Violations Release No.:2023-59
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Exiled Chinese Businessman Miles Guo and His Financial Advisor William Je in $850 Million Fraud Scheme Release No.:2023-50
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Software Company Blackbaud Inc. for Misleading Disclosures About Ransomware Attack That Impacted Charitable Donors Release No.:2023-48
Date: Headline: SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors Release No.:2023-47
Date: Headline: SEC Files Emergency Action Against Miami Investment Adviser BKCoin and Principal Kevin Kang for Orchestrating $100 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme Release No.:2023-45
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Nishad Singh with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX Release No.:2023-40
Date: Headline: SEC Charges NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce for Unlawfully Touting and Making Misleading Statements about Crypto Security Release No.:2023-34
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Final Participant in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme to Spread and Trade on False Rumors about Public Companies Release No.:2023-33
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Terraform and CEO Do Kwon with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Schemes Release No.:2023-32
Date: Headline: SEC Proposes Enhanced Safeguarding Rule for Registered Investment Advisers Release No.:2023-30
Date: Headline: Kraken to Discontinue Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Staking-As-A-Service Program and Pay $30 Million to Settle SEC Charges Release No.:2023-25
Date: Headline: SEC Division of Examinations Announces 2023 Priorities Release No.:2023-24
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Avraham Eisenberg with Manipulating Mango Markets’ “Governance Token” to Steal $116 Million of Crypto Assets Release No.:2023-13
Date: Headline: Nexo Agrees to Pay $45 Million in Penalties and Cease Unregistered Offering of Crypto Asset Lending Product Release No.:2023-11
Date: Headline: SEC Announces Departure of Renee Jones; Erik Gerding Named Director of Division of Corporation Finance Release No.:2023-9
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini for the Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Securities through the Gemini Earn Lending Program Release No.:2023-7
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Creator of CoinDeal Crypto Scheme and Seven Others in Connection with $45 Million Fraud Release No.:2023-2
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Former SPAC CFO for Orchestrating $5 Million Fraud Scheme Release No.:2023-1
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX Release No.:2022-234
Date: Headline: SEC Charges Four Individuals in Crypto Pyramid Scheme that Targeted Spanish-Speaking Communities Release No.:2022-227
Date: Headline: SEC Proposes Regulation Best Execution Release No.:2022-226