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    SEC charges third 'mastermind' in ICO fraud case

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    04.21.2018

    The SEC is clearly determined to crack down on everyone involved in Centra Tech's allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering. Officials have filed fraud charges against a third "mastermind" in the case, Raymond Trapani, for reportedly helping to whip up false claims about the $32 million ICO and manipulate trading to keep the offering's price up. As evidence, the SEC trotted out a group text message where Trapani reportedly told Centra's Sohrab Sharma to "cook me up" a fake document while trying to get the company's tokens listed on an exchange using bogus credentials.