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US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tool to help Fight Fraud in Crypto Realm

By Keith Thuerk | New to Crypto's? | 22 Jan 2021


US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tool to help Fight Fraud in Crypto Realm

Did you know that SEC maintains a list of companies that are soliciting business? Regardless of it being at home, or abroad,  they are on the radar due to alleged unscrupulous practices and registered investor complaints? The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an alert warning investors of dubious, unregistered companies in the cryptocurrency space. 

The "list" is known as the Public Alert: Unregistered Soliciting Entities (PAUSE) list, the US agency says the warnings are designed to "enable investors to better inform themselves and avoid being a victim of fraud."

Find the PDF here - https://www.sec.gov/files/public-alert-unregistered-soliciting-entities.pdf

If you put on your best Sherlock Holmes hat you might not find all the entities listed - note the agency indicate that inclusion on the list does not mean federal investigators have found violations of securities laws, nor that any "judgments have been made" concerning securities offerings. 

No mention of how the list is maintained nor the frequency of it being updated. 

Summary - To net it out the when in doubt - check it out! This might be a useful tool to keep bookmarked.

Stay Safe my Friends

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Keith Thuerk
Keith Thuerk

Currently learning about Crypto and DeFi to combat the Inflationary Tidal wave coming our way!


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