The ICO contributors and supporters of AriseBank want a full investigation into the SEC allegations that AriseBank is not legitimate. The SEC has made numerous false allegations, which have been damaging to the contributors and to AriseBank's visionary Jared Rice, Sr. The crypto community demands that our contributions are returned to AriseBank and that they are given the chance to complete their project.

I'm an avid cryptocurrency enthusiast and investor in the AriseBank project. I came to know Jared Rice, Sr. in 2016 while hiring him for a personal business project. My first impression of Jared was that he was complicated, misunderstood, and brilliant! There was no doubt in my mind that Jared would be the next Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, or the Bill Gates of the world. I was there when the vision of AriseBank came to fruition. The first cryptocurrency bank that would give people all across the world the ability to take control of their money. Was it a big idea? - YES! Were the big banks of the world going to try to stop him? – YES! And here we are today. A few months after the launch of the AriseBank ICO (Initial Coin Offering), several team members were raided by the Feds, had their assets seized, and the ICO contributions confiscated.

As said perfectly in a recent article on Steemit by gank, “AriseBank is a direct threat to a system that has been built to manage our wealth for profit and of course, there are going to be enemies of the project with deep pockets and influence. A scam implies premeditated intent to defraud, and my belief that AriseBank's intentions are the exact opposite of that. They want to create an environment where our money is protected from the fraud that is happening every day.”

Here are the 9 biggest bank settlements agreed to by banks for defrauding investors. These are the true fraudsters that AriseBank is trying to free us from.

JPMorgan Chase $5.29 billion

Credit Suisse $5.3 billion

Wells Fargo $5.35 billion

Deutsche Bank $7.2 billion

Bank of America $8.5 billion

BNP Paribas $8.9 billion

Bank of America $11.8 billion

JP Morgan Chase $13 billion

Bank of America $16.65 billion

(credit: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-biggest-bank-settlements-of-all-time-2017-4/#8-credit-suisse-53-billion-2)

“Of course this idea AriseBank brought forth is a huge swing for the fences, and risky for all those involved because it goes against the grain of the status quo.”

In the Medium article, by Crypto Kong, you will see that many of the SECs false accusations can be proven false. https://medium.com/@CryptoKong123/arisebank-scam-or-not-a-scam-you-decide-accusations-answered-with-facts-and-documentation-dd166d81c03c

There has also been a lot of talk about Jared Rice, Sr.’s flawed past. Well, I believe that a person’s past does not define their future successes. Some of the greatest leaders in the world had to endure many failures before they found success. The argument that because Jared has had legal issues or relationship (divorce, child custody) issues in the past – should prevent him from creating one the greatest projects in history is laughable. Donald Trump’s background is riddled with financial and relationship failures and look at where that landed him! Leader of the free world! (just saying….)

Jared has now been left unable to support his family and children. His bank accounts frozen along with the rest of his assets (personal and business). The government wants to silence Jared by throwing him in jail leaving this kids and family without any support. Jared is now fearful for his life. Should something happen to Jared in jail over this nonsense - we will know who to blame.

Not one AriseBank contributor contacted the SEC with a complaint. The SEC was motivated thru online misinformation created by competitors of AriseBank and an ex-wife who has been fighting Jared for custody of their son for years now.

AriseBank contributors and supporters want this nonsense to end now! Don’t let the government tell every young entrepreneur who wants to build something in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space that Innovation = Jailtime.

Join the AriseArmy and tell the US government and our local legislatures that WE WANT OUR BANK BACK!