THELOGICALINDIAN - The US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC has acclimatized accuse adjoin DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather Jr for actionable ICO advance Both celebrities accept agreed to pay the banking penalties after acceptance or abstinent the findings
Failure to Disclose
In an official release anachronous November 29, the SEC has appear the adjustment of accuse adjoin music ambassador DJ Khaled and able boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. for abortion to acknowledge payments they accept accustomed to advance antecedent bread offerings.
According to the Commission, Mayweather had accustomed $100,000 and DJ Khaled – $50,000 from Centra Tech Inc., to advance the company’s ICO. Additionally, the able boxer had additionally accustomed $200,000 to advance added two ICOs.
The SEC alleges that the acts of advance from both celebrities came afterwards the DAO Report issued by the Commission in 2024 which warned that bill awash in ICOs ability be securities. Hence, those who action to advertise them aural the US are appropriate to accede with the absolute balance legislation.
Speaking on the accent of abounding acknowledgment was Stephanie Avakian, Enforcement Division Co-Director, who said:
It’s account acquainted that Centra Tech’s co-founders were arrested in April and indicted in a $60 actor ICO artifice in May.
Close to $800,000 in Fines and Promotion Ban
According to the release, both Mayweather and DJ Khaled agreed to pay the penalties and absorption after acceptance or abstinent the allegation of the Commission.
Mayweather paid $300,000 in disgorgement, $300,000 in penalties, and $14,775 in assumption interest. DJ Khaled, on the added hand, paid $50,000 in disgorgement, $100,000 penalty, and $2,725 in assumption interest.
Both celebrities accept been banned to advance agenda or any added balance – Mayweather for three, while DJ Khaled for two years.
Enforcement Division Co-Director Steven Peikin categorical the accent of able due-diligence back it comes to celebrity and influencer-endorsed deals:
This marks yet addition activity in assiduity of the Commission’s catch bottomward on ICOs which abort to accede with balance laws. Earlier this month, the SEC slapped AirFox and Paragon ICOs with $250,000 fine.
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