bkrisak, Author at Action Cyber Law

First Trust Bitcoin ETF Proposal Withdrawn

Cboe BZX Exchange Inc Request to the SEC for trading of First Trust Bitcoin ETF File No. SR-CboeBZX-2017-021; Release No. 34-82429; First Trust Bitcoin ETF Withdrawn January 19, 2018 - On January 19, 2018, the Exchange withdrew the proposed rule change (SEC Release No. 34-82561; SR-CboeBZX-2017-021). [83 FR 3789 Jan. 22, 2018] January 8, 2018 - The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register. [83 FR 929]. January 2, 2018 - On The Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., filed a proposed rule change... Read More

US Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Digital Currency Acts and Statutes

US Code

Action Cyber Times™ list of relevant US Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Digital Currency Acts and Statutes The following is a list of United States laws that may be cited by various US government agencies depending upon their authority: Cybercrime definition Cybercrime is defined by the International Organization for Standardization (www.iso.org) as "criminal activity where services or applications in the cyberspace are used for or are the target of a crime, or where the cyberspace is the source, tool, target or place of a... Read More

SEC v Recoin Group Foundation LLC, Diamond Reserve Club, and Maksim Zaslavskiy, 2017

Compliance, Cryptocurrency

Case No. 1:17-cv-05725, USDC for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) Securities and Exchange Commission Civil Enforcement Action Summary: By Complaint dated September 29, 2017, the SEC filed an emergency civil action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against defendants, REcoin Group Foundation LLC (“REcoin”), DRC World Inc., a/k/a Diamond Reserve Club (“Diamond”), and Maksim Zaslavskiy (“MZ”). The SEC sought temporary and permanent injunctions to stop the defendants alleged activity, “ … from engaging in... Read More

Securities Act of 1933

US Code

The Securities Act of 1933 was adopted May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title I, §1, of the 73rd Congress; compiled at 48 Stat. 74; and codified as 15 U.S.C. 77a to 77bbbb. It was enacted in response to the glaring deficiencies in US financial market regulation which caused the market crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression. Title 15 - United States Code - Commerce and Trade Chapter 2A - Securities and Trust Indentures Secs. 77a to 77bbbb. [optional link to www.govinfo.gov -... Read More

28 U.S.C. 2461 – Mode of Recovery

US Code

Title 28 - United States Code - Judicial Procedure Part VI - Proceedings Chapter 163 - Fines, Penalties and forfeitures Sec. 2461. Mode of recovery [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - details of statute history and downloads] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - text of statute] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - pdf of statute] (a) Whenever a civil fine, penalty or pecuniary forfeiture is prescribed for the violation of an Act of Congress without specifying the mode of recovery or enforcement thereof, it may be recovered in a... Read More

18 USC 1001 – False statements to the US government

US Code

Title 18 - United States Code - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Part 1 - Crimes Chapter 47 - Fraud and False Statements Sec. 1001. False 'Statements or entries generally' to the United States government (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully— (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially... Read More

18 U.S.C. 659 – Interstate or foreign shipments by carrier; State prosecutions

US Code

Title 18 - United States Code - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Part 1 - Crimes Chapter 31 - Embezzlement and Theft Sec. 659. - Interstate or foreign shipments by carrier; State prosecutions Whoever embezzles, steals, or unlawfully takes, carries away, or conceals, or by fraud or deception obtains from any pipeline system, railroad car, wagon, motortruck, trailer, or other vehicle, or from any tank or storage facility, station, station house, platform or depot or from any steamboat, vessel, or wharf, or from any... Read More

18 U.S.C. 3041 to 3064 – Arrest and commitment

US Code

Title 18 - United States Code - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Part II - Criminal Procedure Chapter 203 - Arrest and commitment Secs. 3021 to 3064. [Arrest and Commitment powers of federal courts and authorities] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - details of statute history and downloads] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - text of statute] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - pdf of statute] Sec. 3041. Power of courts and magistrates. 3042. Extraterritorial jurisdiction. [3043. Repealed.] 3044. Complaint—Rule. 3045. Internal revenue violations. 3046. Warrants or summons—Rule. 3047. Multiple warrants unnecessary. 3048. Commitment to another district; removal—Rule. 3049. Warrant for removal. 3050. Bureau of Prisons employees' powers. 3051. Powers of... Read More

18 U.S.C. 3121 to 3127 – Pen registers and trap and trace devices

US Code

Title 18 - United States Code - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Part 1 - Crimes Chapter 206 - Pen registers and trap and trace devices Secs. 3121 to 3127 . [See also - Title III, Section 301 of the ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, aka The Wiretap Act] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - details of statute history and downloads] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - text of statute] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - pdf of statute] [Ed. note - Due to the length of this... Read More

18 U.S.C. 2701 to 2713 – Stored wire and electronic communications

US Code

Title 18 - United States Code - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Part 1 - Crimes Chapter 121 - Stored wire and electronic communications and transactional records access Secs. 2701 to 2713. [See also - Title II, Section 201 of the ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, aka The Wiretap Act] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - details of statute history and downloads] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - text of statute] [optional link to www.govinfo.gov - pdf of statute] [Ed. note - Due to the length of... Read More

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