December 10, 2020
A California federal judge ordered cryptocurrency company Blockvest LLC and its founder to pay almost $700,000 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday in a final judgment ending claims that they faked regulatory approval of an upcoming initial coin offering in 2018.
June 08, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is still trying to wrap up a false advertising case against Blockvest LLC, a cryptocurrency company whose founder was sanctioned for trying to submit fake documents in the litigation.
June 01, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won terminating sanctions and a default judgment against Blockvest LLC after a California federal court found that the cryptocurrency company's founder had submitted fake documents during the litigation.
May 07, 2020
Cryptocurrency company Blockvest LLC and its founder faced off against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over a California federal magistrate judge's recommendation to terminate sanctions over falsified documents that Blockvest filed during the litigation.
April 20, 2020
A California magistrate judge has recommended leveling terminating sanctions against cryptocurrency company Blockvest LLC and its founder for filing forged and false declarations, finding their "egregious misconduct" warrants a "harsh remedy" in favor of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
April 03, 2020
Cryptocurrency company Blockvest LLC and its founder have urged a California federal judge to reject a bid for summary judgment by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a suit alleging it fraudulently advertised that its initial coin offering had the SEC's nod.
February 12, 2020
Cryptocurrency company Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III have challenged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's call for sanctions for allegedly submitting false documents to a California federal court, arguing Tuesday that the "draconian" punishment would be too extreme.
January 27, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved for summary judgment in its case against cryptocurrency company Blockvest LLC and its founder, saying there is sufficient uncontested evidence the company engaged in securities fraud.
January 13, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is demanding sanctions against cryptocurrency company Blockvest LLC and its founder for their "willful and bad faith deception" of a California federal court.
February 14, 2019
A California federal judge who was initially unpersuaded by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's arguments that an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering involved securities changed his mind Thursday.