Tagged: nyag

September 25, 2026 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York officials have opened a new front in their campaign against prediction-market platforms, accusing Polymarket’s US operation of conducting unlicensed wagering inside the state. On September 24, 2026, Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul announced a civil action against QCX LLC, which… Read More

July 31, 2026 @ 6:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York regulatory authorities have taken legal action against the prediction markets operator Kalshi, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling business within the state. On July 31, 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced that the state filed a petition against… Read More

July 28, 2026 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James has voiced strong concerns about the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, commonly known as the CLARITY Act, arguing that the federal proposal risks weakening the capacity of states to combat cryptocurrency-related fraud and protect investors. In written testimony submitted… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A New York state court has refused to throw out a major lawsuit targeting the company behind the popular Zelle payment service, allowing claims of widespread consumer fraud to move forward. The ruling represents a significant setback for Early Warning Services, the operator of Zelle,… Read More

May 4, 2026 @ 1:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured more than $5 million from cryptocurrency trading platform Uphold HQ Inc. in a settlement resolving allegations that the company misled customers by heavily promoting a third-party yield product that ultimately collapsed, resulting in substantial investor losses. The… Read More

April 26, 2026 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched a federal lawsuit against the State of New York. Filed on April 24, 2026, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the action aims to prevent state officials from imposing gambling restrictions… Read More

February 5, 2026 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a new alert issued on February 2, 2026, New York Attorney General Letitia James has highlighted the dangers associated with unregulated prediction markets, particularly as excitement builds for major sporting events like the Super Bowl. These online platforms allow users to wager on the… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS), a company owned and controlled by a group of the largest banks in the United States that was tasked with developing and operating the electronic payment platform Zelle, for failing to protect its users… Read More

May 14, 2025 @ 4:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued Capital One (NASDAQ:COF), alleging the company misled consumers about its 360 Savings Account and interest rates. Capital One dodged a similar suit brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which was dismissed this past spring. The… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James recenty filed an amended complaint, expanding the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) lawsuit against Digital Currency Group, Inc., DCG’s CEO, Barry Silbert, and Genesis Global Capital, LLC and its affiliates’ (Genesis) former CEO, Soichiro Moro, for allegedly “defrauding… Read More

March 11, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James continued her efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency platforms by filing a lawsuit against KuCoin for allegedly failing to register “as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing itself as an exchange.” The Office of the Attorney… Read More

January 10, 2023 @ 8:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Another enforcement shoe has dropped against a major crypto exchange with the announcement of a lawsuit by New York’s Attorney General against Celsius Network CEO/co-founder Alex Mashinsky. AG Letitia James accuses Mashinsky of “defrauding thousands of investors out of billions of dollars in digital funds,… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York Attorney General has ramped up its regulation of crypto firms operating in the state by demanding two “unregistered crypto lending platforms” to halt operations while revealing the AG has initiated investigations regarding three more crypto service providers. The move aligns with the… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 1:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin (or digital asset that’s supposed to be backed 1-to-1 with major fiat currencies like USD and cash equivalents) now claims a market cap of over $51.7 billion at the time of writing (according to available data). Notably, Tether (USDT)… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite a few weeks’ break from their regulatory assessments, the BitOoda team says it has been regularly monitoring the crypto industry and engaging in the ongoing advancement of the US regulatory landscape. BitOoda notes that the recent developments they’ve followed are: New York Attorney General… Read More

February 28, 2021 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets Inc, the leading zero-fee stock trading app provider, stated on Friday (February 26, 2021) that US regulatory authorities were investigating the firm’s temporary trading restrictions on these so-called “meme stocks” earlier in 2021. These activities have come under increased scrutiny as the shares… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A US state appeals court on July 9, 2020 confirmed that it will be siding with the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) as it aims to obtain documents, involving an investigation, from Bitfinex, a major digital asset exchange, and its sister company… Read More

December 15, 2019 @ 9:55 am By Cali Haan  |  

The New York’s Attorney General’s Office submitted a comprehensive brief to the Supreme Court of New York on December 4th summarizing the current state of the NYAG’s case against Bitfinex and Tether et al., cryptocurrency companies accused of fraud and market manipulation. Lawyers for the… Read More

December 4, 2019 @ 9:43 am By Cali Haan  |  

Lawyers for plaintiffs in a class action suit brought against cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in New York have declined to revise their complaint alleging the exchange used prints of a crypto-synthetic type of USD to, “creat(e) the largest bubble in human history.” “Plaintiffs do not wish to… Read More