{"id":41807,"date":"2018-04-03T21:25:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T04:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=41807"},"modified":"2018-10-19T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:46:20","slug":"sec-clamps-fraudulent-ico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sec-clamps-fraudulent-ico\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Once Again Clamps Down on Fraudulent ICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that the \u2018Wild West\u2019 days of token sales are coming to a close, much to the chagrin of scammers and fraudsters. For mainstream investors, however, the SEC's efforts couldn't have come soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>Whitepapers now come with comprehensive legal disclaimers and initiatives like <a href=\"https:\/\/saftproject.com\/\">SAFT<\/a> are becoming increasingly popular for tokenized models. With such heavy SEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/28\/technology\/initial-coin-offerings-sec.html\">scrutiny,<\/a> one would think that teams launching ICOs would be as transparent as possible with investors and authorities alike.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-455\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/centra-small-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Centra\" width=\"318\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/centra-small-cover.jpg 482w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/centra-small-cover-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/centra\/\">Centra<\/a> is a cryptocurrency ecosystem with a debit card, marketplace and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unless that team is the one behind <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/centra\/\">Centra<\/a>.\u00a0 You may recognize the name as the project endorsed by the likes of DJ Khaled and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-blockchain-get-celebrity-sized-boost\/\">Floyd Mayweather<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The project sought to create \u201ca world connected to cryptocurrencies\u201d with instant cryptocurrency-to-fiat exchanges and raised $32 million during its ICO in September of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Within their suite of products it aimed to launch were debit cards that allowed for the real-time spending of cryptocurrency holdings in U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n<h2>SEC Arrests<\/h2>\n<p>The SEC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/news\/press-release\/2018-53\">arrested<\/a> two of its founders, Sohrab Sharma and Robert Farkas for allegedly hosting a fraudulent ICO. The charges listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/litigation\/complaints\/2018\/comp-pr2018-53.pdf\">complaint<\/a> detail how previous edits of the white paper had boasted of nonexistent licensing agreements between Visa and Mastercard (which the SEC revealed led to a cease-and-desist in October 2017), as well as partnerships with The Bancorp and the Protarian Insurance Group.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6860\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6860\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-icos-cover-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-icos-cover-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-icos-cover-1536x548.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-icos-cover-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-icos-cover-1024x365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-icos-cover.jpg 1648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Related Story:\u00a0<a title=\"Why are Celebrities Getting Involved in ICO\u2019s?\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/celebrities-getting-involved-icos\/\">Why are Celebrities Getting Involved in ICO\u2019s?<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It also seems that Centra went full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/ryan-gosling-cryptocurrency-scam-miroskii-kevin-belanger-stock-image-fake-profile-bitcoin-a8240386.html\">Miroskii<\/a>, as Sharma and Farkas \u201ccreated fictional executives with impressive biographies\u201d to pad out their team.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of the authenticity of the SEC documents released around the case, users on the <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/centratech\">Telegram<\/a> channel refuse to believe all of this is anything more than FUD, and admins have begun to ban individuals for sharing links relating to the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>The pair is awaiting civil charges as well as federal criminal charges in the wake of the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that the \u2018Wild West\u2019 days of token sales are coming to a close, much to the chagrin of scammers and fraudsters. 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