Holiday Sale | Save 50%
Holiday Sale | Save 50%
Published

Fraudulent B.C. crypto platform fined $18.4M by securities regulator

  • The british columbia securities commission fined a cryptocurrency trading platform and its director david smillie more than $18 million for misleading customers.
  • Smillie and his company, 1081627 b.c. Ltd., must repay $10.4 million obtained through fraud from 2016 to 2019.
  • Smillie faces an additional fine of $8 million for misconduct, as the commission found that one-third of customer assets were diverted to gambling and personal accounts.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 77% of the sources lean Left
Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

Sources are mostly out of (0)