SEC charges Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities for illegally touting cryptoThey didn't disclose that they were being paid to promote Justin Sun's Tronix and BitTorrent tokens.By M. Moon, 18 hours ago
NBA legend Paul Pierce settles with SEC over allegedly false crypto statementsHe plugged EthereumMax on Twitter without disclosing payments he received.By W. Shanklin, 02.17.2023
SEC charges Terraform Labs over alleged 'multi-billion dollar' crypto fraudCEO Do Kwon and his company supposedly misled investors.By J. Fingas, 02.17.2023
Activision Blizzard will pay $35 million to settle SEC charges over its handling of complaintsThe agency had also accused the company of violating a whistleblower protection rule.By K. Holt, 02.03.2023
Georgia is the latest state to ban TikTok from government-owned devicesIt's also prohibiting WeChat and Telegram over spying fears.By K. Holt, 12.15.2022
Here's everything Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of by the US governmentThe former executive faces both criminal and civil charges.By I. Bonifacic, 12.14.2022
Eight charged in $114 million pump-and-dump stock scheme on Discord and TwitterThe fraud allegedly included a podcaster, too.By J. Fingas, 12.14.2022
SEC charges FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried with 'defrauding investors'He's accused of diverting customers’ funds to his crypto hedge fund.By S. Dent, 12.13.2022
Crypto exchange Binance abandons rescue of FTX one day after announcing takeover bidThe company saw its rival's books and decided to walk away. By I. Bonifacic, 11.09.2022
Kim Kardashian will pay $1.26 million to settle SEC charges over a crypto postThe agency says Kardashian didn't disclose that she was paid for an Instagram Story.By K. Holt, 10.03.2022
SEC sues former MoviePass executives for fraudThe agency alleges Theodore Farnsworth and Mitch Lowe mislead investors.By I. Bonifacic, 09.27.2022
Boeing to pay $200 million to settle charges over 'misleading' crash statementsFormer CEO Dennis Muilenburg also agreed to pay the SEC $1 million.By K. Holt, 09.23.2022
Elon Musk has a backup plan to kill his Twitter takeoverIf the bot argument doesn't work, Musk will cite whistleblower Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko.By S. Dent, 08.30.2022
SEC charges 11 people over 'textbook' $300 million crypto Ponzi schemeSmart contract platform Forsage is actually just a regular ol' pyramid scheme, according to the agency.By K. Holt, 08.02.2022
SEC investigates Coinbase, says it may have illegally sold unregistered securitiesThe company has asked the commission for clearer rules over digital tokens.By S. Dent, 07.26.2022
US files its first criminal charges over insider trading of cryptocurrencyOne of the three accused is a former Coinbase employee.By J. Fingas, 07.21.2022
Elon Musk is trying to get out of an SEC deal to have lawyers approve his tweetsHe's appealing a ruling that upheld the 2018 agreement.By K. Holt, 06.15.2022
Elon Musk threatens to back out of Twitter deal over bot estimates (updated)He claims opaque spam calculations are a 'material breach' of the merger agreement.By J. Fingas, 06.06.2022
Elon Musk faces a federal probe over late disclosure of his initial Twitter stakeHe's also facing an investor lawsuit and FTC investigation. By S. Dent, 05.12.2022
NVIDIA pays $5.5 million to settle SEC charges over GPU sales to crypto minersThe company allegedly failed to disclose how much it benefited from crypto.By J. Fingas, 05.06.2022