Steven Labriola Receives Final Judgement
On July 14, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it has obtained a final judgment in a fraud case against Steven Labriola, the international sales director of a pyramid scheme targeting Latino communities. The final judgment, entered on… Read More
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Diana Lovera
On July 14, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced fraud charges against Diana Lovera, the former Chief Operating Officer of a Florida-based penny stock company that falsely claimed to be “the largest publicly traded diversified portfolio… Read More
Judgement Entered Against James Trolice
On June 13, 2017, the Honorable William J. Martini of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a judgment against defendant James Trolice that imposed permanent injunctions and an officer and director bar…. Read More
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Victory Ho
On July 12, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced fraud charges against Victory Ho for insider trading in the securities of The Shaw Group, Inc. (Shaw), a Louisiana-based energy construction company, ahead of a public announcement… Read More
Charles Banks Charged With Fraud
On July 13, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it has obtained a judgment and industry bar against Charles Banks, an Atlanta-based investment adviser, charged with defrauding a former professional basketball player. According to the SEC’s complaint, Charles… Read More
Judgement Entered Against Edwards
On June 9, 2017, the Honorable Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered judgments against Dwayne Edwards, several entities Edwards used to orchestrate his alleged fraud, and relief defendant Sharon Nunamaker…. Read More
Final Judgement on Former InterMune Director and Friend
On June 30, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that the Honorable Jacqueline Scott Corley, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California, entered a final judgment as to Sasan Sabrdaran, the former director of drug… Read More
Renwick Haddow Charged with Fraud
On June 30, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed fraud charges against Renwick Haddow, the clandestine founder of a purported Bitcoin platform and a chain of co-working spaces located in former bars and restaurants, alleging that he… Read More
Former Ariad Employees Charged with Insider Trading
One June 27, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced insider trading charges against two former senior employees and the spouse of a former employee of Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts engaged in the… Read More
Pazoo, Inc. Used in Artificial Inflation Scheme
On June 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged a New Jersey-based group of stock promoters with fraud involving the manipulation and artificial inflation of the share price of a microcap company, Pazoo, Inc. The scheme grossed… Read More
Seyed Taher Kameli Charged for Defrauding Investors
On June 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Seyed Taher Kameli, a Chicago-based immigration attorney, with defrauding investors participating in the EB-5 immigrant investor program by improperly commingling and misusing a portion of the approximately $88.7… Read More
SEC Charges Arista’s CEO and Attorney
On June 20, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges involving a scheme to disguise the nature of Arista, a public company’s financing amid financial difficulties, and a corresponding manipulation of the price of the company’s… Read More
David Fuselier Charged for Fraudulent Scheme
On June 6, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged David Fuselier, a chief executive officer, with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme to create the false appearance of improvement in the financial statements of two publicly traded companies… Read More
Marc Broidy & Broidy Wealth Advisors Receive Final Judgement
On May 30, 2017, the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a final consent judgment against defendants Marc Broidy and Broidy Wealth Advisors, LLC (“BWA”), enjoining… Read More
Final Judgement Against GAW Miners and ZenMiner
On June 2, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered a final default judgment against two Connecticut-based companies, GAW Miners, LLC and ZenMiner, LLC, in a case alleging that these companies and their principal… Read More
Larry Holley Charged with Fraud
On March 30, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced fraud charges and an emergency asset freeze obtained against Larry Holley, a Michigan-based pastor, accused of exploiting church members, retirees, and laid-off auto workers who were misled to… Read More
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Employees Charged with Insider Trading
On May 24, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges in an alleged insider trading scheme involving tips of nonpublic information about government plans to cut Medicare reimbursement rates by former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services… Read More
SEC Charges Nomura Securities International Inc. Head Traders
On May 15, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged a pair of former head traders who ran the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) desk at Nomura Securities International Inc. with deliberately lying to customers in order to… Read More
SEC Charges Matthew Krimm with Defrauding Investors
On April 25, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Matthew Krimm, a former mortgage loan officer, with defrauding investors, including mortgage loan customers of his former employer. The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal court in Wilmington,… Read More
SEC Charges Demitrios Hallas for Defrauding Customers
On April 25, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Demitrios Hallas, a former broker, with knowingly or recklessly trading unsuitable investment products in the accounts of five customers and misappropriating more than $170,000 from one of… Read More
SEC Charges Avaneesh Krishnamoorthy with Insider Trading
On April 24, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Avaneesh Krishnamoorthy, a vice president in the risk management department of a New York-based investment bank, with insider trading on confidential information he learned in advance of a… Read More
SEC Charges Matthew Fox with Securities Fraud
On April 19, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Matthew Fox of Plano, Texas and his company, Wayne Energy, LLC, with securities fraud arising from a failed offering of interests in a joint venture formed to… Read More
SEC Charges Lucita Zamoras with Operating a Fraudulent Promissory Note Scheme
The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that Lucita Zamoras solicited investors for a promissory note program and subsequently misappropriated the investors’ funds. From at least October 2009 through December 2013,… Read More
SEC Charges Michael Shumway with Securities Fraud
On April 8, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced securities fraud charges against Michael Shumway, a former corporate secretary and treasurer of two Utah water companies for misappropriating and fraudulently selling corporate shares. The SEC’s complaint,… Read More
SEC Obtains Injunction and Asset Freeze Against Daniel Glick
On April 13, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a preliminary injunction against Daniel Glick and his unregistered investment advisory firm Financial Management Strategies (FMS), continued the asset freeze in the name of the Defendants, and… Read More
SEC Charges Lawyers Mustafa Sayid, Norman Reynolds and Paralegal Kevin Jasper in a Stock Manipulation Scheme
On April 12, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges against, Mustafa Sayid, a New York City-based securities lawyer for orchestrating taking control of two publicly traded shell companies and rigging them and their securities… Read More
SEC Acquires Asset Freeze Over 4D Circle
On April 14, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against two Fort Worth residents and their company, 4D Circle, for defrauding investors in a commercial real estate investment scheme. At the SEC’s request, U.S. District Judge… Read More
SEC Case Against Lionshare Faud Enters Final Default Judgement
On April 14, 2017, a federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, entered a final default judgment in an ongoing SEC enforcement action against Lionshare Ventures, LLC, a Massachusetts-based privately-held corporation that the SEC alleges was a business incubator for… Read More
SEC Charges Traders For Insider Trading – Posted by Brenda Hamilton
On April 14, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced an emergency court order to freeze assets for Insider Trading. According to the SEC, the assets were in two brokerage accounts used last week to reap more than… Read More
