Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Massachusetts Resident and his Companies with Stealing Investors’ Money

May 27, 2025/US SEC On May 15, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Massachusetts resident Christoper Aubin and his Rhode Island-based companies, Anchor State Capital LLC, formerly known as Anchor State Investments LLC, and Anchor State Properties LLC (collectively, Anchor State), with fraud for making false and misleading statements […]

Unicoin, Top Executives Charged in Offering Fraud That Raised More than $100 Million from Thousands of Investors

May 27, 2025/US SEC On May 20, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged New York City-based Unicoin, Inc. and four of its top executives-CEO and Board Chairman Alex Konanykhin; Silvina Moschini, former president, former board chairwoman, and current board member; former Chief Investment Officer Alex Dominguez; and General Counsel […]

SEC Charges Former Real-Estate Investment CEO with Operating Multimillion Dollar Ponzi-Like Scheme

May 23, 2025/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged San Francisco Bay Area resident Kenneth Mattson, the former CEO of real estate investment business LeFever Mattson, with defrauding approximately 200 investors of at least $46 million by selling them fake interests in real estate investment limited partnerships. Many […]