By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) -A cryptocurrency platform run by Robinhood Markets will pay $3.9 million to settle claims it failed to let customers withdraw cryptocurrency from their accounts from 2018 to 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Wednesday.
The civil settlement with Robinhood Crypto is the first public action by Bonta’s office against a cryptocurrency company.
Bonta said Robinhood violated California law by failing to deliver cryptocurrencies that its customers had bought, leaving customers unable to withdraw their assets and forcing them to sell the assets to exit the platform.
The attorney general said Robinhood also misled customers about where their crypto assets were held, and by advertising it would connect customers to multiple trading venues to ensure they got competitive prices.
Robinhood did not admit or deny wrongdoing. The settlement also requires the platform to let customers withdraw crypto assets…
