Lawsuit Overview
An investor in the ATBCoin initial coin offering (ICO) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws by ATBCoin LLC.
According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges the ATBCoin initial coin offering (ICO) violated the Securities Act of 1933 by engaging in interstate commerce for the purposes of offering, selling, or delivering unregistered securities. The plaintiff claims that the ATBCoin token was a security because the defendants marketed and sold them as investments that would generate “profit” for purchasers. More specifically, the plaintiff claims that The ATB ICO was a clear offer and sale of securities because, inter alia [among other things], Defendants touted, and Plaintiff and other ATB ICO investors reasonably expected, that the ATB Coins received in exchange for their investments would be worth more than the ETH, BTC, LTC or other currencies invested.