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United States SEC Charges Siblings in $124 Million Crypto Fraud, Misleading Roadshows & Youtube Videos

11th March 2022 | Hong Kong

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged 2 siblings of defrauding thousands of retail investors in a $124 million crypto fraud, through 2 unregistered offerings of securities of digital token “Ormeus Coin”, organising misleading roadshows and posting misleading youtube videos.  To preserve the fiction that Ormeus Coin was successfully mining crypto, the siblings (John and JonAtina Barksdale) had arranged for a public website to display a wallet of an unrelated third party showing more than $190 million in assets as of November 2021, even though the Ormeus wallets were worth less than $500,000.  The siblings also claimed that Ormeus Coin was supported by one of the largest crypto mining operations in the world, even though they abandoned their mining operations in 2019 after generating less than $3 million in total mining revenue. In many of the investor communications, Ormeus Coin had a $250 million crypto mining operation and was producing $5.4 million to $8 million per month in mining revenues.  The charges also claimed that the siblings had manipulated Ormeus Coin’s price and misused millions of dollars of investor funds for personal expenses.  Melissa Hodgman, Associate Director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement:” We allege that the Barksdales acted as modern-day snake-oil salesmen, using social media, promotional websites, and in-person roadshows to mislead retail investors for their own personal benefit. We will continue to vigorously pursue persons who sell securities in schemes to defraud the investing public no matter what label the promoters apply to their products.”

” Siblings in $124 Million Crypto Fraud, Misleading Roadshows & Youtube Videos “

 



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SEC Charges Siblings in $124 Million Crypto Fraud Operation that included Misleading Roadshows, YouTube Videos

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged siblings John and JonAtina (Tina) Barksdale with defrauding thousands of retail investors out of more than $124 million through two unregistered fraudulent offerings of securities involving a digital token called “Ormeus Coin.”

According to the SEC’s complaint, from June 2017 through the present, the Barksdales offered and sold Ormeus Coin to investors on crypto trading platforms. In addition, from June 2017 to April 2018, through a multi-level marketing business called Ormeus Global, the Barksdales offered and sold subscription packages that included Ormeus Coin and an investment in a crypto trading program. As alleged, to promote the offerings, John Barksdale held roadshows around the world while he and his sister, Tina, led the production of social media posts, YouTube videos, press releases, and other promotional materials. The complaint alleges that at the events, in the produced materials, and currently on Ormeus Coin’s website, the defendants falsely claimed that Ormeus Coin was supported by one of the largest crypto mining operations in the world, even though they abandoned their mining operations in 2019 after generating less than $3 million in total mining revenue.  As alleged, in many of these investor communications, the defendants falsely stated that Ormeus Coin had a $250 million crypto mining operation and was producing $5.4 million to $8 million per month in mining revenues.

According to the complaint, to preserve the fiction that Ormeus Coin was successfully mining crypto, the Barksdales arranged for a public website to display a wallet of an unrelated third party showing more than $190 million in assets as of November 2021, even though the Ormeus wallets were worth less than $500,000. The complaint also alleges that the Barksdales manipulated Ormeus Coin’s price and misused millions of dollars of investor funds for personal expenses.

“We allege that the Barksdales acted as modern-day snake-oil salesmen, using social media, promotional websites, and in-person roadshows to mislead retail investors for their own personal benefit,” said Melissa Hodgman, Associate Director in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. “We will continue to vigorously pursue persons who sell securities in schemes to defraud the investing public no matter what label the promoters apply to their products.”

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charges the Barksdales with violating the federal securities laws and seeks injunctive relief, disgorgement plus interest, and civil penalties.

In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed criminal charges against John Barksdale.

The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy cautions investors to be wary of potential crypto investment scams and of investing based on social media.

The SEC’s investigation was conducted by Matthew B. Reisig under the supervision of Timothy England and Melissa Hodgman. Melissa Armstrong and Fred Block will lead the litigation.




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