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TrustToken, Inc. Stipulation and Consent Order

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Docket No. 19-036-S
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This Stipulation and Consent Order (Order) is entered by and among TrustToken, Inc. (Respondent), and the State of Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (Department). 

 

            WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the Department is responsible for administering and enforcing the Vermont Uniform Securities Act, Title 9, Chapter 150 of the Vermont Statutes, and the Vermont Securities Regulations, Rule S-2016-01, pursuant to which the Department has conducted a review of the Respondent; and

 

            The Department has concluded that Respondent violated the Vermont Uniform Securities Act and Vermont Securities Regulations by failing to file timely a required Form D and notice filing fee via the Electronic Filing Database (EFD) maintained by the North American Securities Administrators’ Association; and

 

            The Department does not intend this Order to be a final order based upon violations of any Vermont statute, rule, or regulation that prohibits fraudulent, manipulative, or deceptive conduct, and this Order waives any disqualification of the Respondent by the Commissioner based solely on the untimeliness of the notice filing at issue in this Order. The waiver includes any disqualifications from securities registration provisions or securities registration exemptions or related safe-harbor provisions in Vermont law. Moreover, the Department does not intend for this Order to serve as the basis of any disqualifications imposed by any self-regulatory authority, of any disqualifications from securities registration provisions or exemptions or related safe-harbor provisions in the federal securities laws as administered by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or of any disqualifications in the securities laws of other state jurisdictions; and 

 

            Respondent consents to the entry of the Order by the Department; and

 

            Respondent hereby waives any right to a hearing and appeal under the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act, Title 3, Chapter 25 of the Vermont Statutes; the rules, regulations and orders of the Commissioner; and any right it may have to judicial review by any court with respect to this Order. 

 

 

            NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate, and the Commissioner makes findings and conclusions as follows:

 

 

FINDINGS OF FACT

 

1.         Respondent is a firm with a principal place of business at 325 9th Street, San Francisco, California. 

 

2.         Respondent sells and/or has sold securities in Vermont that are subject to the notice filing requirements in 9 V.S.A. § 5302 and Rule S-2016-01, § 4-3.

 

3.         On July 23, 2018, Respondent made a first sale to a Vermont resident.

 

4.         On January 7, 2019, Respondent delivered to the Department via EFD a complete notice filing which included a Form D and filing fee of $600. This filing arrived 153 days late.

 

 

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

 

5.         The securities offered and sold by Respondent were federal covered securities under 15 U.S.C. § 77r(b)(4)(F) and subject to the filing requirements of Rule S-2016-01, § 4-3(b).

 

6.         Respondent violated Rule S-2016-01, § 4-3(b) by selling federal covered securities in Vermont without notice filing a Form D and paying the required fee within 15 days of the first sale. 

 

7.         Respondent is subject to a civil penalty under 9 V.S.A. § 5604 for violating Rule S-2016-01, § 4-3(b).

 

ORDER

            On the basis of the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Respondent’s consent to the entry of this Order, the Commissioner ORDERS:

 

8.         Respondent shall pay an administrative penalty in the amount of $500.00 to the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation.   

 

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER

Entered at Montpelier, Vermont, this ________ day of _____________, 2019

__________________________________

MICHAEL S. PIECIAK, Commissioner

Vermont Department of Financial Regulation

 

AGREED AND ACCEPTED BY:

Authorized agent for Respondent, TrustToken, Inc.:

Printed Name: _______________________________

Title:               _______________________________

Signature:       _______________________________            Date:____________________