The House Ethics Committee has directed Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) to pay more than $15,000 in fines and fees for encouraging people to purchase a cryptocurrency in which he had a financial interest that was not properly disclosed.
On Dec. 30, 2021, LGB Coin announced that it would sponsor a NASCAR driver, Brandon Brown, in the 2022 racing season. The following day, Cawthorn sold a bunch of the LGB Coin he had just purchased.
Cawthorn, according to the report, “was seen in multiple photographs and videos in which he appeared to support or specifically encouraged individuals to purchase LGB Coin, including after the value of the LGB Coin that he held plummeted.” But officials did not come to a consensus about whether Cawthorn “intended to personally profit from his promotional activities.”As of mid-November, Cawthorn told officials that he owned nearly 15,400,000,000 LGB Coin that he “believed” was valued at “$357.
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