The IPU is part of the Fraud and Consumer Protection Division, which protects the public from securities fraud, consumer fraud, and other forms of white collar crime. The IPU is specifically responsible for enforcing provisions of the Delaware Securities Act and the the Rules and Regulations Pursuant to the Act. They also review and investigate investor complaints, as well as examine investment advisors and broker dealers. The IPU initiates enforcement actions in the event that a firm or individual has run afoul of the Delaware Securities Act.
The question I ask is: why just now? In the past years poloniex has become worse or equal to yobit, they ignored their customers and it even seemed that there was no authority to show that there is still law, and after many months this appears:
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Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has apparently piqued the interest of the Investor Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice (DOJ). As shown in an email shared with Cointelegraph, the Chief Special Investigator of the Investor Protection Unit (IPU) wrote to a list of individuals, asking them to contact him should they have any difficulties with their Poloniex account.
this sounds very strange, why only now the authorities show some interest?
