Investors sued the basketball player Shakil O’Nele for advancement NFT Astrals – Bits Media

Investors filed a collective lawsuit against basketball player Shakil O’Nele, accusing him of promoting non -replaced tokens (NFT) Astrals and violation of securities laws.

According to the complaint, submitted by investor Daniel Harper (Daniel Harper) in the District Court of the United States South County of Florida, Shakil O'NIL (Shaquille O’Neal) Actively advertised NFT Astrals, representing unregistered securities.

Harper said, what, Following the recommendations of the famous basketball player, He bought Astrals tokens, which were presented in the form of 3D avatars of the world famous artist. It was supposed, that these collection tokens will be used in metavselnaya. but, When their course fell, The investor lost the invested money.

Harper seeks a refund, compensation for the damage and the introduction of consumer rights protection funds. The complaint also indicates, that the legend of basketball promoted among his 30,4 million subscribers on Instagram and various social networks Other cryptocurrency projects, Including the FTX exchange.

Note, that O’Neill is on the List of Celebrities, appearing in a separate lawsuit by the collapse of ftx, in the promotion of which he participated. Earlier lawyer Adam Muscovite (Adam Moskowitz), representing the interests of the plaintiffs in both claims, accused the basketball player of evading the trial. In April, lawyers still managed to hand over O’Nela the agenda to the court.

Last year, the Texas Securities Council began to study the legality of advertising of the American FTX Exchange Celebrities, how accessible they told users about the risks of using such platforms.