Experts believe that such actions from regulators may be necessary in order to help the ICO ecosystem to grow, and, more importantly, to help
stop fraudulent token sales from mismanaging or stealing funds from investors.
In its complaint, the US regulator said that it had to take an emergency action to
stop Lacroix, a recidivist securities law violator In Canada, and his partner Paradis - Royer from further misappropriation of investor funds illegally raised through the
fraudulent and unregistered offer and
sale of securities called «PlexCoin» or «PlexCoin
Tokens» in a purported «Initial Coin Offering».