A well-known proponent of the electronic currency bitcoin agreed to pay nearly $51,000 to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil charges that he publicly offered unregistered shares in two Internet ventures, the regulator said on Tuesday. Erik Voorhees, 29, published prospectuses and solicited investors through the Bitcoin Forum website to buy shares in FeedZeBirds and SatoshiDICE, both of which he co-owned, without first registering the offerings as required under federal securities law, according to the SEC. The settlement calls for Voorhees to give up $15,844 in profit and interest, and pay a $35,000 fine. Voorhees is also a founder of Coinapult, which lets users transfer bitcoin via email or messaging service.
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