New York Attorney General

New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing for investors to blow the whistle on crypto companies they consider deceiving or misconducting. The AG's intervention comes after a series of debacles that led to people losing their crypto investments. Projects like Terra, Celsius, Voyager, Anchor, and Stablegains have crashed, affecting millions of investors in the process. James believes people have the power to prevent such losses by signaling suspicious activities in crypto projects they support. In a recent tweet, she…

New York State has ramped up its crackdown against the cryptocurrency space. Attorney General Letitia James recently ordered two crypto lending platforms to close their operations within the state. New York Combats Unregistered Securities It confirmed Attorney General James’s motion in a press release from her government website earlier today. Her actions are part of an effort to protect New Yorkers from so-called “virtual currency schemes.” The AG sent a letter to two unnamed cryptocurrency lending platforms, demanding they cease…

On September 13th, the New York Attorney General won a lawsuit against Coinseed. NYAG Letitia James ordered Coinseed to stop their operations for its improper dealings. The crypto exchange platform defrauded customers by converting their funds into Dogecoin without their consent. The Federal court instructed Coinseed to pay $3 million in fines for its illegal dealings. The company further emptied its bank accounts and issued unlicensed securities. Unfortunately, it is not the first time Coinseed has been on the wrong side of…