#DCG Settles SEC Charges with Fine Payment#
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Digital Currency Group (DCG) has agreed to pay $38 million to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to lending fraud allegations against its subsidiary, Genesis Global Capital. The SEC alleged that DCG was negligent and misled investors about the health of the bankrupt Genesis unit, particularly in its handling of the Three Arrows Capital (3AC) default. DCG settled the charges without admitting or denying the allegations. The SEC believes that DCG misled investors by downplaying the impact of the 3AC default on Genesis and exaggerating DCG's efforts to help Genesis.
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Digital Currency Group (DCG) has agreed to pay $38 million to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging lending fraud by its subsidiary, Genesis Global Capital. The SEC alleged that DCG misrepresented the health of Genesis's lending operations and misled investors about the company's financial condition. Specifically, the SEC alleged that after a large borrower, Three Arrows Capital, failed to meet margin calls in June 2022, DCG downplayed the impact of the default and exaggerated its efforts to help Genesis. Despite knowing that Genesis would lose at least $1 billion as a result of Three Arrows Capital's collapse, DCG continued to portray its business as being unthreatened by these developments. DCG settled the charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing. The settlement highlights the SEC's heightened scrutiny of the cryptocurrency industry and underscores the importance of corporate transparency in financial disclosures.
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DCG pays $38 million to settle SEC charges of lending fraud at its subsidiary Genesis Global Capital.
The SEC alleged that DCG was negligent and misled investors about the health of Genesis's bankrupt trading arm.
DCG settled the charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing.
The SEC said that DCG failed to exercise reasonable care after the collapse of Three Arrows Capital, resulting in a material misimpression about Genesis's financial condition to the public.