The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a cease-and-desist order on August 28, 2023, charging Impact Theory, LLC (“Impact Theory”) with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in violation...more
9/8/2023
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ethereum ,
Howey ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Tokens
In a year of increased volatility across the world’s financial markets, prosecutors, regulators and exchanges on both sides of the Atlantic sharpened their focus on “spoofing” – i.e., bidding or offering without the intent to...more
2/24/2021
/ CFTC ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Markets ,
Market Manipulation ,
Market Participants ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Traders ,
Securities Violations ,
Spoofing ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
In a decision with significant implications for cross-border criminal and regulatory investigations in both the UK and U.S., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently overturned two convictions for...more
9/2/2017
/ Compelled Testimony ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Indictments ,
International Litigation ,
Libor ,
Reversal ,
Self-Incrimination ,
UK