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There appears to be an ongoing pattern of strikingly similar allegations of fraud against Warner, this time by a nationally recognized federal whistleblower.

The Presiding Disciplinary Judge, William J. O'Neil, will likely make a decision on the punishment to be handed down on both Warner and Kelly in the next 1-2 weeks.

One of the factors taken into consideration in O'Neil's decision is "aggravating" circumstances such as "patterns of misconduct" or any type of ongoing fraud.

Perhaps it is bad timing, but Kelly is also facing a separate set of allegations of securities violations in South Carolina, where some investors have complained to have lost money in an alleged cryptocurrency scheme.

Taylor Faw, the assistant attorney general in the securities division of the South Carolina attorney general's office, is leading the government action against Kelly's cryptocurrency company, ShipChain. Sources claim that actions against the officers, including but not limited to Kelly, may come in the very near future.

**Update 7-26-18 South Carolina Attorney General's Office files motion to vacate Cease & Desist Order - taken from the order "The order to vacate the cease & desist order notes "It does not and should not be interpreted to waive any future causes of action which may be brought as a result of any securities activities of Respondent, whether detailed in the Administrative Order to Cease & Desist or not."**

ShipChain had articles removed by Forbes that were allegedly paid for by ShipChain without any disclosure that the articles were sponsored. Investors in the alleged unregistered security token, Shipcoin, may have read the Forbes article and subsequently invested in the coin. ShipChain's executive team, including Kelly's business partner John Monarch, heavily promoted the article on their social media accounts.