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SEC sues five crypto firms over $15.3M investor fraud

  • —Cryptoaiml raised $12.5M via WhatsApp chats between August 2024 and March 2025
  • —TSAI collected $2.8M for AI trading bots that never existed
  • —The firms used fake SEC certificates and sham trading platforms
  • —In August the SEC sued CryptoOrbit, Ftaexchange, Pinnacle, Quantum and RBH on similar claims
Why it matters: The new suits show the SEC is still pursuing crypto fraud cases even as its overall stance on the industry softens.
Source: CoinSpot
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