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SEC files ‘settled charges’ against Mango Markets operators 

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Vince Quill4 hours agoSEC files ‘settled charges’ against Mango Markets operators In 2022, Mango Markets suffered a high-profile exploit perpetrated by Avraham Eisenberg that drained the platform of $100 million.1542 Total views1 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTCOINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDFollow ourSubscribe onThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed “settled charges” against the Mango decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and the Blockworks Foundation on Sept. 27, alleging that both entities sold unregistered securities. 


As part of the settlement agreement, the entities have collectively agreed to pay the SEC $700,000 in civil penalties, destroy their MNGO tokens, petition exchanges to delist the tokens, and refrain from marketing the tokens to exchanges in the future. 


The SEC noted that the settlement was reached without any party admitting or denying wrongdoing and is still subject to court approval. SEC complaint against Mango DAO, Mango Labs, and Blockworks Foundation. Source: SEC


According to the SEC complaint, in August 2021, Mango DAO and the Blockworks Foundation allegedly violated the Securities Act of 1933 by raising more than $70 million from selling MNGO governance tokens to investors — including residents of the United States. 


Mango Labs was also named in the SEC complaint as an alleged unregistered broker. The SEC claims that the firm violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by allegedly soliciting users for the Mango platform and providing financial advice. Jorge Tenreiro, acting chief of the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, issued this statement alongside the complaint: “Since the inception of our crypto enforcement program, our view has been that the label ‘DAO’ does not change the reality of who is behind a project, what activities they engage in, or whether their activities need to be registered.” 


Tenreiro added that the use of automated processes and open-source software does not “change the nature of such activities.” 


Related:US prosecutors oppose Mango Market exploiter"s motion for acquittalMango DAO puts the SEC fine to a vote


On Aug. 19, 2024, the Mango DAO initiated a community vote to propose settling with the SEC for $223,228 and destroying the MNGO tokens, which passed after two days of voting. 


More recently, in September 2024, Mango Markets proposed offering the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a $500,000 settlement to end the investigation against the platform. This proposed settlement likewise featured no admission of wrongdoing.


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