USA v. Zaslavskiy
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1:17-cr-00647
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November 18, 2019
Cryptocurrency Fraudster Gets 1½ Years For ICO Scheme
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Maksim Zaslavskiy was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Monday for issuing two fraudulent initial coin offerings in what was one of the first criminal cases to consider the applicability of federal securities laws to digital tokens.
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May 16, 2019
Feds Want At Least 2½ Years For ICO Fraudster
Federal prosecutors told a New York federal judge that a cryptocurrency entrepreneur should serve at least 2½ years in prison for issuing two fraudulent initial coin offerings in what is one of the first criminal cases to consider the applicability of federal securities laws to digital tokens.
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May 06, 2019
Digital Token Seller Seeks Probation For Securities Fraud
A Brooklyn-based cryptocurrency entrepreneur who pled guilty to conspiracy after a judge found that digital currencies can be considered securities asked for probation ahead of his sentencing.
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September 11, 2018
Digital Token Seller Can't Slip Securities Fraud Charges
A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday rejected an alleged fraudster's argument that he couldn't be charged with securities fraud because the digital tokens he sold were not securities, saying only a jury can resolve that question and clearing the way for prosecutors to press forward to trial.
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June 21, 2018
Feds Oppose Accused Cryptocurrency Fraudster's Travel Bid
The federal government urged a New York federal judge Thursday to deny a request to travel to Ukraine from a Brooklyn businessman charged with securities fraud over two initial coin offerings allegedly marketed through his companies REcoin and Diamond Reserve Club.
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May 08, 2018
Judge Mulls Whether Initial Coin Offerings Are Securities
A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday heard two starkly different takes on whether digital tokens issued in an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering were securities subject to regulation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the first time the contentious argument has been put before a federal court.
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March 20, 2018
Feds Say Alleged Fraudster's Cryptocurrencies Are Securities
Brooklyn federal prosecutors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday pushed back against an alleged fraudster’s claim that his cryptocurrencies aren’t securities subject to federal laws, saying his purported initial coin offerings were clearly investment contracts governed by applicable securities statutes.
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February 27, 2018
Accused Fraudster Says Cryptocurrencies Aren't Securities
A Brooklyn businessman whom the government has charged with securities fraud over two initial coin offerings allegedly marketed through his companies REcoin and Diamond Reserve Club urged a New York federal court on Tuesday to dismiss the government's indictment, arguing that cryptocurrencies such as those involved in the offerings aren't actually "securities" under the law.