Securities and Stock Exchange Committee Thursday announced Establishing the electronic and e -technologies unit, which will seek “to protect retail investors from cheerful coil -currency and other bad actors in the field of emerging technologies.”
The unit will lead Laura Dulard, who was a partner in encryption assets and electronic unit, which is replaced by CTU, which consists of 30 fraud and lawyers through many SEC offices.
“The unit will not only protect the investors, it will also facilitate the formation of capital and the efficiency of the market by clearing the road to grow innovation. Commissioner Mark Oida, Acting ENC, said in a statement:“ Those who seek to abuse innovation to harm investors will be rooted and reduce Confidence in new technologies. “
According to SEC, CETU will investigate fraud using emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. The fields of fraud that involves Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies include; Using social media and the wrong site to link fraud; Piracy for non -general material information; The general source is a fraudulent disclosure related to cybersecurity.
According to the analysisIn 2024, an estimated $ 40.9 billion in encryption assets were received through illegal addresses or coding accounts associated with illegal, illegal actors and other entities. This number was 11 billion dollars in 2020 and reached an increase of $ 54.3 billion in 2022.
ACA Global Technology Company earlier this month Warning The infiltrators are increasingly using artificial intelligence to impersonate the personality of executives and other employees in financial services companies in order to obtain sensitive information for the company,
