FTC
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The Office of the Inspector General made some recommendations to update the FDIC’s approach to crypto activities by supervised institutions
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As part of an FTC motion for settlement, Voyager faces a penalty of $1.65 billion
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Cohen-Pavon has a chance of leniency in sentencing depending on cooperation against Mashinsky
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Mashinsky’s motion to dismiss follows a similar one from co-defendant Hanoch Goldstein
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The Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement after the FTC, CFTC and SEC filed lawsuits against Celsius
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The DOJ claimed Mashinsky “orchestrated a scheme to defraud customers of Celsius Network” together with a former chief revenue officer
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The bankrupt crypto lender is weighing a new business model which executives say requires “absolute zero trust”
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More than 46,000 people were affected, the FTC found, though the total is just 3.3% of the losses reported for phone scams last year
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