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SEC files criminal complaint over Bitkub's alleged concealment of B1.7bn hack

Visitors explore cryptocurrencies at an edition of Money Expo 2024 Bangkok. (File photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub Online Co and two of its former directors, alleging they submitted false information to the regulator to conceal a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of digital assets worth about 1.7 billion baht.

In a statement released on Thursday, the SEC said it lodged the complaint with the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD), accusing Bitkub of violating Section 76 of the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses by providing false information to the regulator.

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