I don't know about RH, but I believe other financial institutions did the same thing. They might also be in line for punishment, as it was all the rage during COVID to pay "influencers" for advertising. This case was not that much of an outlier.
As you know, the Feds charged a number of crypto related businesses for doing this, and the crypto influencers who failed to disclose their compensation. This action seems to signal the regulators are moving on to other financial areas. Such a clean up is overdue.
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