On June 4, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) announced that Valerie A. Szczepaknik was named Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation for Division Director Bill Hinman. Valerie A. Szczepaknik is referred to…
ICOs are on the rise and the SEC’s Cyber Unit is proactively fulfilling its promise to protect investors against cyber-related misconduct involving distributed ledger technology and ICOs. Earlier this month, the SEC filed fraud charges against Dominic Lacroix, age 35, Sabrina Paradis-Royer, age 26 (Lacroix’s…
ICOs are on the rise and so are SEC Cyber Unit enforcement initiatives. Last week, I represented Bevilacqua PLLC at the Crowdfunder Educational Series “Introduction to Launching an ICO” at Expert DOJO in Santa Monica, California and heard from some subject matter experts. Following are…
