Securities Lawyer Explains Why Violating Crowdfunding Regulations Isn't Like Speeding
CrowdCheck CEO Sara Hanks Helps Clients Avoid Problems
CrowdCheck CEO Sara Hanks says securities law enforcement differs dramatically from traffic enforcement. If you speed and don’t get caught in the act, you don’t worry about later being investigated for a traffic violation. Sara says that’s not how it works for securities:
We often have the mom conversation. “Well, if everybody jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it?”
Part of the problem here is understanding that it takes the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] about two years to think about, well, maybe they really shouldn't have done that. And another year to issue the subpoena and another year to capture the information.
We've got people who are receiving subpoenas for stuff they did in 2017. I mean, the SEC is out there. Just because somebody did something recently doesn't mean, A, that they're going to get away with it and B, that you're going to get away with it if you copy them.
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