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SEC former chief warns influencers about persecution for crypto price manipulation

SEC former chief warns influencers about persecution for crypto price manipulation
SEC former chief warns influencers about persecution for crypto price manipulation

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is tracking down crypto influencers who have advocated scam projects and are falsifying the price of particular coins in their tweets.

Former SEC Head John Reed Stark took matters to the famous microblogging site Twitter to warn numerous cryptocurrency influencers to be ready to face punishment.

In his tweet, Stark gave a shout-out to social media influencers that pushed and allured fishy cryptocurrency projects and which often helped manipulate the market prices as the bull run surged.

He stated that for any price exploitation, whether it be price-exchanged registered securities, crypto-securities, or penny stock securities, the same anti-fraud policies will apply to them, and their influence in the social media crypto world will soon end.

According to the Ex-chief, the shilling and price forging occurred on several famous social media platforms such as Discord, Instagram, Twitter, and Reddit. Reed also noted that crypto manipulation is relatively easy since the perpetrator will often try to hide from the shadows.

The regulators and law committee will only need to turn their computers to discover the vivid evidence of price fraud, says Stark.

Stark went on the microblogging platform to cite the example of famous crypto influencer Francis Sabo who was accused of a $100 million security fraud issue and used social networking platforms to tamper with exchange-traded stocks.

Aside from Sabo, the most famous allegation that broke the securities law goes to celebrity Kim Kardashian who was fined $1.26 million for promoting the cryptocurrency scheme EthereumMax (EMAX).

Another famous influencer who received government punishments was under a Youtube alter named Bitboy Crypto, where he was called out in a $1 billion lawsuit after promoting unlisted securities.

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