Russia to Reportedly Investigate an Allegedly Fraudulent TON Offering in UK

Cointelegraph

Published Jul 03, 2020 11:17AM ET

Updated Jul 04, 2020 01:20PM ET

Shortly after lifting the country’s Telegram ban, Russian authorities began investigating potentially fraudulent offerings involving the company’s unlaunched token, Gram. The token was at one time meant to serve a new blockchain ecosystem known as the Telegram Open Network, or TON.

Reports indicate that Russian prosecutors are set to investigate a British firm that allegedly sold fraudulent tokens related to Telegram’s terminated blockchain project. The news was reported on July 3 by the local news agency, Baza.io.

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