March 28, 2024
A Georgia federal judge on Thursday signed off on a $3.5 million penalty levied by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against two failed cryptocurrency ventures and the Atlanta film producer who promoted them through a pump-and-dump scheme.
November 18, 2020
The social media manager for rapper T.I. and two other Atlanta men agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a collective $103,000 to settle claims they helped convince investors to buy now-worthless digital tokens in an initial coin offering.
September 11, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday ordered rapper T.I. to pay $75,000 after finding he violated securities laws by duping investors into buying now-worthless digital tokens in an initial coin offering, as the SEC announced a lawsuit against others who were allegedly involved.