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per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | €367,242 |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 0 | – |
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18 Mar 2024 a US investment adviserSEC ‘AI washing’: investment adviser pays 225,000 US dollars for fabricated AI use €206,574
From 2019 to 2023, the investment adviser claimed to use AI and machine learning to analyse client data for investment decisions but did not have these capabilities. In a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (without admission), the adviser paid 225,000 US dollars.
Statements about the use of AI in marketing and investor information must be technically verifiable.
Permissible advertising claims about AI capabilities
- Authority / court
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Marketing Rule
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 18 Mar 2024
Original amount 225,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Mar 2024.
- SEC, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 18 Mar 2026 · Direct link
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18 Mar 2024 a US investment adviserSEC ‘AI washing’: investment adviser pays 175,000 US dollars for AI advertising promises €160,668
In 2023, the investment adviser falsely advertised itself as the ‘first regulated AI financial advisor’ offering AI-driven expert forecasts, misrepresented tax-loss harvesting and used impermissible liability clauses. In a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company paid 175,000 US dollars.
Superlatives such as ‘first AI adviser’ are statements of fact and must be checked before publication.
Permissible advertising claims about AI capabilities
- Authority / court
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · AI systems
- Legal basis
- Investment Advisers Act of 1940; Marketing Rule
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 18 Mar 2024
Original amount 175,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Mar 2024.
- SEC, Pressemitteilungen (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 4 · Company name anonymised since 18 Mar 2026 · Direct link