Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Creator of Stoner Cats Web Series for Unregistered Offering of NFTs

September 13, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Stoner Cats 2 LLC (SC2) with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of purported non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that raised approximately $8 million from investors to finance an animated web series called Stoner Cats. According […]

SEC Charges National Office Partner at Marcum for Causing Widespread Quality Control Deficiencies

September 12, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alfonse Gregory Giugliano, CPA, the former National Assurance Services Leader at Marcum LLP, a public accounting firm, with failing to sufficiently address and remediate numerous deficiencies in Marcum’s quality control system. The SEC previously charged Marcum for these quality […]

SEC Charges Alternative Investment Platform YieldStreet for Misleading Investors

September 12, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled action against New York-based YieldStreet Inc. and its registered investment adviser subsidiary, YieldStreet Management LLC (together, YieldStreet), for failing to disclose critical information to investors in a $14.5 million asset-backed securities offering. According to the SEC’s order, […]