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SEC Cracks Down on Ideanomics for Fraud in Misleading Crypto and Revenue Disclosures

SEC Cracks Down on Ideanomics for Fraud in Misleading Crypto and Revenue DisclosuresThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Ideanomics Inc. and three of its senior executives with fraud for misleading financial disclosures from 2017 to 2019. Former Chairman and CEO Zheng (Bruno) Wu, current CEO Alfred Poor, and former CFO Federico Tovar were implicated in overstating the company’s financial performance and failing to disclose […]

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SEC and Ideanomics settle crypto revenue reporting fraud charges

According to the report, all parties involved have agreed to settle the charges without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled fraud charges with electric vehicle company Ideanomics over financial reporting and “misleading the public about the company’s performance.” 

According to the SEC website, its investigation revealed that between 2017 and 2019, Ideanomics and several of its senior executives engaged in significant material misrepresentations about the company’s financial performance. The charges specifically involved misleading investors about the company’s revenue from crypto assets.

The SEC alleged that Ideanomics reported revenues of over $40 million for 2019 based on fraudulent accounting related to a crypto asset transaction. The agency claimed that the false reporting led to overestimated financial statements, misleading shareholders and the public about the company’s financial health.

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