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Standard Holdings Inc., Standard Huaxia Ltd.

Frederick Tayton Dencer, Luke Abelard Dencer, Dennis Edward Butler

ReportedDec 11, 2024
LocationLos Angeles, CA
Amount$17,000,000

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Company / entity
Standard Holdings Inc., Standard Huaxia Ltd.
Industry
Startup - streaming content app for China
How investors were recruited
Unregistered broker (Butler, of Westwood, NJ) solicited ~40 investors
Pitch & red flags
Raised funds "purportedly to form a company to provide streaming content to China via an app"; misleading claims about account segregation protections

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Source

SEC official

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