{"id":"tp-2795","type":"article-newspaper","title":"FBI probes Long Island Iced Tea's blockchain rebrand for insider trading","author":"Charissa Echavez","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/2795","datePublished":"2019-07-26T03:57:12.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-26T03:57:12.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the 2017 blockchain pivot of then-beverage firm Long Island Iced Tea (LTEA) for evidence of insider trading and securities fraud.","section":"Regulation","references":[{"title":"search warrant","url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6208986-Gov-Uscourts-Casd-628635-1-0.html"},{"title":"Quartz","url":"https://qz.com/1659246/the-fbi-wants-more-information-about-long-blockchain/"},{"title":"Ponzi scheme","url":"http://tokenpost.com/California-resident-sued-for-alleged-26M-crypto-Ponzi-scheme-1971"}]}