Steven Seagal's Unpaid Crypto Fine Under Siege By The SEC

A judge OK'd the agency to collect after the actor-turned-Russian citizen came up short on a $330,000 settlement.

A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, unleashed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to collect more than $250,000 from Steven Seagal after the ’90s action star failed to pay up for his alleged role in promoting a cryptocurrency. U.S. District Judge William Kuntz ruled Friday that the federal agency can go through the actor’s business manager to collect the remainder of the $330,000 he had agreed to pay. The “Under Siege” actor, who lives in Moscow and is a Russian citizen, last year settled allegations that he failed to disclose he was being paid to promote a digital token. Seagal was allegedly promised $250,000 in cash and $750,000 in tokens for promoting an initial coin offering for Bitcoiin2Gen, according to the SEC. The offering was one of as many as 20 similar crypto frauds run by a group of Serbian nationals who bilked some 500 investors out of millions, prosecutors have said.