$49 million crypto fraud: SEC files charges against US firm
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a temporary restraining order against a Utah-based company, DEBT Box, accusing the firm and its principals of conning investors out of approximately $49 million through a crypto scheme. The Anderson brothers, Jason and Jacob, and 15 others allegedly orchestrated an extensive financial operation in March 2021 that raised significant funds from US investors in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). We obtained a temporary asset freeze, restraining order, and other emergency relief against DEBT Box and its four principals, Jason Anderson, his brother Jacob Anderson, Schad Brannon, and Roydon Nelson in connection with a fraudulent scheme to sell crypto asset securities. — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) August 3, 2023 The group allegedly marketed and sold “node licenses,” unregistered securities supposedly designed to produce crypto asset tokens via crypto mining activities. You mig...