
KEY POINTS
- The SEC said NovaTech turns out to have traded 'only a small fraction' of investors' assets
- Cynthia Petion allegedly used 'religious overtones' when recruiting investors
- NovaTech was sued by the New York Attorney General in June for defrauding investors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a legal complaint against cryptocurrency firm NovaTech and its promoters for operating what it said was "a fraudulent crypto trading investment and pyramid scheme" that affected over 200,000 investors around the world.