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"SEC Charges Silvergate Capital, Former CEO for Misleading Investors about Compliance Program"

2024-07-01 [vendor] Silvergate Bank settlement
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Incident Details

More than a year after the crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank collapsed, its parent company has agreed to pay $63 million in fines to the Federal Reserve and California Department of Financial Protection and the Innovation. The SEC also imposed a $50 million fine, though the terms of the settlement noted this “may be offset” by the other penalties.According to the regulators, Silvergate “had serious deficiencies” in its anti-money laundering programs, including in its intra-customer crypto transfer product. In particular, the SEC highlighted $9 billion in suspicious transfers among FTX entities that should have been detected by compliance programs. The SEC also alleged that Silvergate misrepresented its financial state during the post-FTX collapse bank run.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Regulatory / legal action
Vendor / Product
Silvergate Bank settlement

Timeline

  1. 2024-07-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2024-07-01 Publicly disclosed