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Prime Trust filed for bankruptcy in August, roughly two months after Nevada regulators alleged the company was unable to meet its customers' withdrawal requests. The company also used customer funds to invest in failed stablecoin project Terra, in addition to engaging in other dubious business practices, a court filing shows. Source
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Nevada woman is imprisoned for masterminding a scheme to kill her former husband. She was attempting to pay a hitman with crypto. Kristy Lynn Felkins, aged 38, will spend five years behind bars. This judgment came after
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The Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada has granted a petition from the state’s Financial Institutions Division (NFID) placing crypto custodian Prime Trust into receivership, pending a hearing to show cause. In a July 14 filing, the Nevada court ordered the appointment of a receiver for Prime Trust following a June
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Following the filing of a cease and desist order, Nevada’s Financial Institutions Division has again moved against crypto custodian Prime Trust by petitioning for the appointment of a receiver.In a June 26 filing, the regulator petitioned the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada for a temporary restraining order and an
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Prime Trust entered an agreement with Fireblocks to have the latter company manage its crypto assets, which was completed in 2020. In 2021, after Prime Trust saw new management, it set up "legacy wallet forwarding," for wallets that were either on Fireblocks' platform or set up to forward to wallets
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The Nevada Department of Business and Industry’s Financial Institutions Division (FID) has taken official action by issuing a cease-and-desist order. This action was prompted by their identification of a substantial deficit in customer funds and a
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"On or about June 21, 2023, Respondent was unable to honor customer withdrawals due to a shortfall of customer funds caused by a significant liability on the Respondent's balance sheet owed to customers," the order said. "Additionally, Respondent failed to safeguard assets under its custody and is unable to meet
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Prime Trust and most of its associates have come under undue problems. Prime Trust subsidiary Banq has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States District Court of Nevada. As reported by The Block, the decision to file comes only five days after the parent company reached an acquisition
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“Their theft of Banq’s corporate assets even included taking the company’s seat licenses for Las Vegas Raiders’ games at Allegiant Stadium, all without Board approval or knowledge. Specifically, Defendant Purcell transferred the seat licenses owned by Banq to himself,” the suit reads. Original Source
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In a recent legislative meeting held by the Nevada Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, members discussed a cryptocurrency bill aiming to establish a recovery fund to protect vulnerable populations from fraud, abuse, and manipulation within the cryptocurrency sector. The fund in question would seek to address the alarming increase in
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