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SEC Charges Multiple Entities in Fraud Schemes Totaling at Least $15 Million that Used WhatsApp and Other Platforms to Lure Investors

Issuer U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Published

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Sept. 29, 2026 that it charged Cryptoaiml Ltd., Cryptoaiml Capital Foundation, TSAI Pro Ltd., and TSAI Capital Foundation in two separate complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging fraud schemes totaling at least $15 million that used WhatsApp and other platforms to lure investors. The SEC states that Cryptoaiml and Cryptoaiml Capital Foundation misappropriated more than $12.5 million from investors between at least August 2024 and March 2025 through fake AI-generated trading "signals" and a nonexistent trading platform, while TSAI Pro Ltd. and TSAI Capital Foundation misappropriated more than $2.8 million from investors between September 2024 and March 2025 through a purported AI-trading bot rental program that the SEC says did not exist. The SEC states both sets of entities falsely claimed to be regulated or certified by the SEC, including posting falsified Form D filings, and that the Forms D filed by Cryptoaiml Ltd. and TSAI Pro Ltd. have since been removed

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