Assembly Bill A8820

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes certain offenses relating to crypto fraud

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8820 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8839
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Title K Art 191 §§191.00 - 191.25, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A944, S359

2021-A8820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the offenses of virtual token fraud, illegal rug pulls, private key fraud and fraudulent failure to disclose interest in virtual tokens.

2021-A8820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8820
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  certain
   offenses relating to crypto fraud
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Title K of the penal law is amended by adding a new article
 191 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 191
                               CRYPTO FRAUD
 
 SECTION 191.00 DEFINITIONS.
         191.05 PENALTIES.
         191.10 VIRTUAL TOKEN FRAUD.
         191.15 ILLEGAL RUG PULLS.
         191.20 PRIVATE KEY FRAUD.
         191.25 FRAUDULENT  FAILURE  TO  DISCLOSE  INTEREST  IN   VIRTUAL
                  TOKENS.
 § 191.00 DEFINITIONS.
   FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "VIRTUAL TOKENS" SHALL MEAN SECURITY TOKENS AND STABLECOINS;
   2. "SECURITY TOKENS" SHALL MEAN ANY FORM OF FUNGIBLE AND  NON-FUNGIBLE
 COMPUTER CODE BY WHICH ALL SUCH FORMS OF OWNERSHIP OF SAID COMPUTER CODE
 IS  DETERMINED  THROUGH  VERIFICATION  OF TRANSACTIONS OR ANY DERIVATIVE
 METHOD, AND THAT IS STORED ON A PEER-TO-PEER  COMPUTER  NETWORK  OR  ANY
 OTHER  SUCH COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM OR THROUGH ANY DERIVATIVE MEANS OF STOR-
 AGE, AND WHICH CONFORMS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) SUCH CLASS OF VIRTUAL TOKENS ARE ADVERTISED BY THE DEVELOPER OR AN
 AGENT OF THE DEVELOPER AT THE DEVELOPER'S DIRECTION  TO  BE  BOUGHT  AND
 SOLD  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF PROFIT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PURPOSE IS ADVER-
 TISED AS THE SOLE PURPOSE;
   (B) SUCH CLASS OF VIRTUAL TOKENS ARE REASONABLY UNDERSTOOD BY  MEMBERS
 OF THE PUBLIC TO BE BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROFIT;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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