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Each quarter, we send many of our clients a quarterly trade compliance update, highlighting important developments over the last few months and summarizing key points for important sanctions programs. Click here to download the quarterly update for July. Below is a summary of events this past quarter: * Continued significant activity
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On July 13, 2023, U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment against Alexander Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of beleaguered Celsius Network LLC (“Celsius”) charging him with securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud. The DOJ alleges that Mashinsky defrauded customers by misleading them about Celsius’s operations, specifically related
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On July 13, 2022, Judge Analisa Torres issued her long awaited ruling on the summary judgment motions in the SEC’s case against Ripple Labs, Inc. (“Ripple”). The 34-page order provided a win for both the SEC and for Ripple Labs, suggesting that some sales of Ripple’s XRP
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Volkov Law partner Jessica Sanderson will be speaking at next week’s “Third-Party Risk Management Oversight Summit,” hosted by Compliance Week in Atlanta. There is still time to register! Jessica will be moderating a panel on Tuesday, June 27, 3:20-4:10pm discussing, "Best Practices to Ensure
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Matt Stankiewicz, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, joins us for another post detailing the SEC's suit against Coinbase. Matt can be contacted at MStankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. On June 6, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) officially filed suit against Coinbase, Inc. (“Coinbase”) alleging the
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Matt Stankiewicz, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, joins us for a post detailing the SEC's recent suit against Binance. Matt can be contacted at MStankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. In a complaint filed June 5, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is suing the world’s
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Matt Stankiewicz from The Volkov Law Group rejoins us for a posting on the recent Bitzlato, cryptocurrency scandal. Matt can be reached at mstankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. On Wednesday, January 18, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed a criminal complaint in the Eastern District of New York charging
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Matt Stankiewicz, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, wraps up his blog series on FTX, highlighting some of the more interesting facts from the company's recent bankruptcy filing. He can be reached at mstankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. On top of all the legal trouble for FTX’s founder and
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Matt Stankiewicz, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, continues his blog series on FTX, discussing the civil charges filed by the SEC and the CFTC. He can be reached at mstankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. In conjunction with the DOJ’s criminal indictment, the SEC brought civil charges against SBF. The SEC
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Matt Stankiewicz, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, continues blog series on the collapse of FTX, looking at the criminal charges filed against founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. He can be reached at mstankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. Following FTX’s stunning collapse, federal prosecutors have quickly taken steps to hold
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Matt Stankiewicz, Partner at The Volkov Law Group, joins us with a comprehensive blog series that will breakdown the various legal issues facing the fallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried. He can be reached at mstankiewicz@volkovlaw.com. The cryptocurrency world is in shock watching
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Join us December 7-8 for Compliance Week's Third Party Risk Management & Oversight Summit, the only cross-industry conference dedicated to risk management, oversight strategies, and best practices for vendor and third-party relationships. The Summit will be live-streamed virtually. Our Partner Jessica Sanderson will be