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Topic: Zaslavskiy arrested for ICO frauds (Read 1065 times)

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November 02, 2017, 09:21:08 AM
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Well, it is just one more prove that not all ICOs successful. I am only wander by which laws those Mr. Zaslavsky is going to be judged, cause of as I know the States doesn't have the necessary law base for such kind of crypto criminals.

Of course they do, in that case he will probably be judged by security laws. I would not worry a bit about the US judication finding ways to jail him, if they so desire. And rightly so, crypto needs to stop being the lawless place it is right now in order to get accepted by a broader mass.
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November 02, 2017, 08:00:30 AM
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Well, it is just one more prove that not all ICOs successful. I am only wander by which laws those Mr. Zaslavsky is going to be judged, cause of as I know the States doesn't have the necessary law base for such kind of crypto criminals.
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November 02, 2017, 06:31:22 AM
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Maxim Zaslavskiy is an entrepreneur called by some media “a Soviet American”, this might possibly mean that he immigrated to the United States when the Soviet Union still existed. Whatever the case is, it’s not his uncertain degree of Russianness that attracted the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, it was his false information about two ICOs he led.

As our regular readers might remember, a month ago, an entity called Diamond Reserve Club World (DRC World) and the REcoin Group Foundation were both called fraud schemes and found violating the United States laws on securities. As recently published documents suggest, one of the ICOs was promoted as backed by diamonds and another one — by the real estate assets, while in both cases it was not actually true. "As alleged, Zaslavskiy and his associates enticed investors by promising returns using novel ICOs even though Zaslavskiy knew that no real estate or diamonds were actually backing the investments," told Acting United States Attorney.

And, as if that was not enough, Zaslavskiy lied about...Read more
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