Cryptocurrency
"SEC Charges Issuers and CEO for $18 Million Illegal Securities Offering"
Primary Source ↗Blockchain(s)
Ethereum
Incident Details
The SEC charged Rivetz Corp. and related entities with running an illegal ICO when they launched their “RvT tokens”. They raised $18 million through the ICO, which they never registered with the SEC, to raise funds for the Rivetz blockchain security company. The funds, which were raised in ETH, were used to give the company’s founder a $1 million bonus, plus a $2.5 million loan which he used to “purchase a house in the Cayman Islands that he then leased back to Rivetz Int’l.”
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Regulatory / legal action
- Vendor / Product
- Rivetz Corp. SEC charges
Timeline
- 2021-09-08 Breach occurred
- 2021-09-08 Publicly disclosed