SEC Charges Jon E. Montroll and Bitfunder with Bitcoin Fraud
On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former bitcoin-denominated platform known as BitFunder and its operator with operating…
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SEC Charges Niket Shah and Spark Trading for Targeting Retail Investors
On March 23rd the Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges and a preliminary injunction and asset freeze against Niket Shah, a New…
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EDGAR Filer, Robert W. Murray Sentenced to Two Years in Fitbit Stock Manipulation Scheme
On March 9, 2018, Robert W. Murray was sentenced to two years imprisonment in connection with a scheme to manipulate Fitbit securities through false…
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SEC Charges McKinley Mortgage with Scheme to Defraud – Posted by Brenda Hamilton
One March 22nd the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against McKinley Mortgage, the operators of a real estate investment business…
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Court Orders Former F-Squared CEO to Pay Over $13 Million
A federal judge has ordered the co-founder and former CEO of investment management firm F-Squared Investments to pay over $13 million after…
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SEC Charges Robert Ritch in Penny Stock Plan to Pump Stock
On March 9th the Securities and Exchange Commission barred Tobert Ritch, the president of a penny stock company from ever again serving…
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SEC Charges Brian Sodi, the Penny Stock “Mailman” With Scalping Investors In Gold Mining Stocks
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Brian Sodi, a penny stock promoter based in Florida with defrauding investors in a pair…
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Electronic Transaction Clearing -ETC- Charged With Repeatedly Putting Customer Assets At Risk
On March 19th the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Electronic Transaction Clearing (ETC), a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, has agreed…
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Foreign Affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte, BDO Charged in Improper Audits
On March 13th the Securities and Exchange Commission charged foreign affiliates of KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, and BDO for their involvement in…
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Former Equifax Executive, Jun Ying Charged With Insider Trading
On March 14th the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Jun Ying, a former chief information officer of a U.S. business unit of…
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SEC Proposes Targeted Changes to Public Liquidity Risk Management Disclosure
On March 14, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to public liquidity risk related disclosure requirements for certain open-end investment…
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Sponsoring Market Makers 101 – Form 211 and 15c-211 Requirements
The Role of Market Makers in Going Public Transactions Market Makers play a critical role in the going public process when compiling…
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SEC Files Action Against Ariel Quiros & Jay Peak Resort
According to an SEC complaint filed in 2016 in federal court in Miami, Ariel Quiros allegedly misused more than $50 million in investor funds…
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Will My Rule 506 Offering Be Integrated? – Going Public Attorneys
Issuers should consider the impact of offering integration when raising funds in Regulation D, Rule 506 offerings. The integration rule was created…
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SEC Suspends OTC Markets Issuers-Posted by Brenda Hamilton
On January 9, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the temporary suspension of trading in the securities of three penny…
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SEC Charges Operators of $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme Targeting Main Street Investors
Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges and an asset freeze involving a Boca Raton Ponzi Scheme. The SEC alleges that the…
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OTCQB Listing, Eligibility & Quotation – Going Public Lawyers
Posted by Brenda Hamilton, Securities and Going Public Lawyer OTC Markets Group (“OTC Markets”) requires companies seeking quotation of their securities on…
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Calissio Resources – A Special Dividend by Any Other Name
More than two years ago, we published the first in a series of articles about problems surrounding the declaration and payment of…
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Ibrahim Almagarby and Microcap Equity Group LLC Charged by SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Ibrahim Almagarby and his company with acting as unregistered dealers in the sale of billions of…
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John Venditto and Oyster Bay Charged by SEC
On November 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced Oyster Bay, New York, and its former top elected official with…
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SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Small Business Forum
On November 20, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the agenda and panelists for the 36th Annual Government-Business Forum on…
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SEC Names Paul Cellupica as Deputy Director
On November 20, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Paul G. Cellupica has been named Deputy Director of the…
Read MoreRandall James Settles Fraud Charges
On October 27, 2017, Randall James, Nashville, Tennessee resident, who isn’t registered to sell investments, has agreed to settle charges that he defrauded…
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Osiris Therapeutics Charged With Accounting Fraud
On November 2, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Osiris Therapeutics, a Maryland-based biotech company, and four former top executives…
Read MoreSEC Files Subpoena Enforcement Action against Wynn Gustafson
On October 31, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that the SEC filed an action to enforce compliance with a…
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Thomas Buck Settles Charges
On October 31, 2017, Thomas Buck, former Merrill Lynch broker, has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle SEC charges…
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JustInfo LLC Charged for a Futures Trading Scheme
On October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced fraud charges against JustInfo LLC, a Kentucky-based entity, a California-based tax preparer…
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John Rogicki Charged with Stealing $9 Million
On October 19, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged John Rogicki, a New York-based investment adviser, with defrauding a…
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Going Public Bootcamp – Securities Lawyer 101
The going public process involves a number of steps that vary depending on the characteristics of the private company wishing to go…
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SEC Charges Attorney Marc Celello
On October 5, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it filed fraud charges against an attorney Marc Celello based…
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