He Crypto of $ Libra that compromises the president Javier Mileigenerated different reactions, including A demand made in the United States And that would be investigated by the Department of Justice and the Federal Office of Investigations (FBI). This led to the case can be compared to the sanction they received Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather and Paul Pierce in the same country in 2022.
The presentation against the Argentine president was carried out by the Argentine Legal Study Moyano & Associatesspecialist in cases of International insolvency and financial fraud.
Both the Episode of Milei and Kardashian and Mayweather, began to be compared because they reveal both the legal scrutinysuch as the consequences to which the public figures by promoting investments that end up economically affecting those who invest.
Kim Kardashian’s case
The American businesswoman had promoted a digital assetbut without evidencing what were the terms to participate in it, being pointed out by the Little transparency .
The sanction for the billionaire, at that time, was a fine of US $ 1,260,000 for promoting cryptocurrency Ethereummax (Emax) From his Instagram account, without informing that for that promotion he had charged U $ 250,000.
The imposition of the payment was determined by the United States Stock Exchange and Securities Commission. Kardashian’s publication was accompanied by a link to the asset websitewhere investors were explained how to acquire tokens.
Also, this happened because there was previously a Collective demand in which he was accused of inflate the price of emax Artificially, generating important losses for those who decided to invest.
This accusation was also dismissed a year later, Since, according to the judge, the plaintiffs They couldn’t try that the television star has participated in an international fraud.
The stock exchange and values either came to trial, due to Extrajudicial agreement who came with the defendant with the fine that was imposed to pay, in addition to accepting cooperate in research of the cause against Ethereummax and the rest of the defendants.
The accusation against Floyd Mayweather
The collective claim made He also pointed against the historic boxer Floyd Mayweather, indicated by the promotion and its participation in the cryptocurrency.
Mayweather had also charged to carry out the promotionand had not announced it. In fact, the publication had exactly the same message as Kim Karsashian’s: “Are they involved in cryptocurrencies? This is not a financial advice but to share what my friends just told me about the Token Ethereum Max. ”
However, the accusations of fraud They started when the value of The cryptocurrency dropped outand the specialists began talking about there was a fraud. It is that the names of their creators or information that support their development did not appear on the official website.
The plaintiffs suspected those who promoted the publication, pointing them as the filmmakers, or at least accomplices, of a “Pump-And-Dump” stippled strongly in the United States. They pointed to Mayweather and Kardashian as responsible for sell all its capital in that cryptocurrency after the value increased by the promotions they made.
As a consequence, Mayweather was obliged to pay U $ 1,300,000 finefigure close to that of Kardashian. However, the trial that was promoted was the same, so the accusation was also dismissed for him.
This case laid a Important precedent in the regulation of cryptocurrency advertising by public figures. Another important figure involved in the same case was the former NBA basketball player Paul Pierce.
The situation was exactly the same regarding the promotion of cryptocurrency, and the resolution was similar, paying a millionaire compensatory fine.
Source: Ambito
