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Siblings Dubbed Snake-Oil Salesmen Over $124M YouTube Cryptocurrency Fraud Charged By SEC

two siblings who have been dubbed snake oil salesmen over an alleged cryptocurrency fraud totaling $124 million that included misleading YouTube videos. File photo (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two siblings who have been dubbed “snake oil salesmen” over an alleged cryptocurrency fraud totaling $124 million that included misleading YouTube videos.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in a March 8 statement that it was charging John and JonAtina (Tina) Barksdale “with defrauding thousands of retail investors out of more than $124 million through two unregistered fraudulent offerings of securities involving a digital token called ‘Ormeus Coin.’”

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