One case that sparked tension involved #cryptocurrency entrepreneur #JustinSun, a major backer of the #Trump ​family's #WorldLibertyFinancial venture, & another involved #Tesla boss Elon #Musk, a big donor to Trump's campaign who briefly served as the president's special adviser, the 2 people said.

#criminal #law #SEC #felon47 #fraud #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation

https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-102/

Molly White has some interesting news about grifters grifting.

After investing or committing to invest $223 million into the Trump family’s crypto ventures, Justin Sun has walked away from his SEC fraud case with a $10 million slap on the wrist and no admission of wrongdoing. The settlement comes from a Trump SEC that has spent the last year systematically dropping enforcement actions against the president’s benefactors. It’s also created a potential legal mess: by fining Sun under securities laws, the SEC has effectively declared that the tokens described in the lawsuit are securities, which would suggest every US exchange currently listing them is operating as an unregistered securities exchange.

#crypto #securities #trumpCrimeFamily #JustinSun #tokens #GriftersAllTheWayDown

Issue 102 – The public will pay

Justin Sun buys his way out of an SEC fraud case, Iranian transactions on Binance draw DOJ scrutiny as the exchange sues the newspaper that reported on them, and crypto super PACs dump millions into Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois.

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United States SEC ends case against Tron Founder and Justin Sun

The SEC charged Sun and three of his wholly-owned companies — Tron Foundation, BitTorrent Foundation, and Rainberry Inc. — for the unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities TRX (Tronix) and BTT (BitTorrent token).

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Justin Sun: pagou US$10M para encerrar caso com a SEC

Você viu isso? Justin Sun fechou um acordo com a SEC e pagou US$10 milhões — e ainda diz que é inocente! 😳

• O que aconteceu:
- Fecharam um acordo com a SEC ✅
- Justin Sun pagou US$10 milhões para encerrar o processo 💸
- Ele afirmou publicamente que não foi condenado e que o token não era um "security" 🏷️
- Ou seja: pagou para acabar com o caso, mesmo dizendo ser inocente...

#JustinSun #SEC #Cripto #Token #Justiça #MorningCrypto

⚖️ La SEC multa a Justin Sun con $10M por vender TRX y BTT como valores. Esta postura complica la narrativa de que la mayoría de criptos no son valores. ¿El mercado cripto se tambalea? #SEC #JustinSun #TRX #BTT #Cripto.

Justin Sun paga US$10 milhões e diz ser inocente

Ele pagou US$10 milhões e ainda afirma ser inocente — o que isso significa? 🤔💸

- O que aconteceu:
• Justin Sun fechou um acordo com a SEC
• Pagou US$10 milhões para encerrar o processo
• Disse publicamente que não foi condenado e que o token não é "security"

- Por que importa:
• Questões de regulação e tokens (security vs. utility) estão no centro das criptomoedas
...

#JustinSun #SEC #criptomoedas #regulação #blockchain #MorningCrypto

🚨 Senadora Warren acusa a la SEC de "corrupción cripto" por desestimar el caso contra Justin Sun, vinculándolo a los negocios de Trump. Exige leyes que frenen favores a aliados del presidente. #SEC #JustinSun #Trump #CriptoCorrupción.
🚨 Justin Sun, creador de TRON, ve sus cuentas de Rednote (el 'Instagram chino') y TikTok vetadas. Múltiples plataformas chinas han censurado sus perfiles, mientras que en Occidente sigue activo. ¿Doble rasero o eficacia selectiva? #JustinSun #TRON #Censura #RedesSociales.
🚨 Justin Sun, fundador de Tron, enfrenta serias acusaciones de su exnovia, incluyendo manipulación de TRX y vínculos con el caso Epstein. La industria cripto, de nuevo en el ojo del huracán. #Tron #JustinSun #Cripto.

fascinating history of the rise and fall of one of the world's top scam lords operating out of #Cambodia, Prince Group CEO Chen Zhi from one of the incredibly brave Cambodian reporters on the ground who've been tracking the takeover of the country by Chinese organized crime, funded by crypto scams.

Zhi was just arrested and extradited (to china) and the US government seized $13 billion worth of his #bitcoin a few months ago (China got the man, US got the bitcoins).

#PrinceGroup and the massive #pigbutchering cyberscam slave compounds Chen Zhi operated are among the biggest users of #Tether's #stablecoin #USDT on Trump business partner #JustinSun's blockchain #Tron.

https://huangyan.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-chen-zhi

#ChenZhi #PrinceGroup #HuionePay #HuioneGuarantee #crypto #uspol #vietnam #Myanmar #infosec #scam #scams #fraud #corruption #asean #organizedcrime #PhnomPenh #HunSen #mafia #chineseMafia #Sihanoukville

The Rise and Fall of Chen Zhi

How the Prince Group Boss Built a Scam Empire—and the Arrest No One Expected

Cambodia: Rain and Dust