Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Advisory Firm Bruderman Asset Management and its Principal for Failing to Disclose Misuse of Investment Funds

September 26, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that New York-based Bruderman Asset Management LLC (BAM) and its principal, Matthew J. Bruderman, agreed to settle charges related to their failure to disclose the misuse of proceeds raised from investment advisory clients and to the firm’s failure to […]

SEC Charges Cash Flow King Podcast Host with Perpetrating $11 Million Ponzi Scheme

September 25, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Matthew Motil, host of the podcast, “The Cash Flow King,” for fraudulently raising approximately $11 million from more than 50 investors in a Ponzi scheme involving notes that were purportedly backed by residential properties. According to the SEC’s complaint, […]

SEC Charges GTT Communications for Disclosure Failures

Declines to impose civil penalty because of company’s prompt self-report, extensive remediation, and substantial cooperation September 25, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged GTT Communications, Inc. with failing to disclose material information about unsupported adjustments the company made in several Commission filings, which increased GTT’s reported operating […]