Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges California-Based Company and Two Individuals with Offering Fraud

March 13, 2025/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it filed charges against California-based Gauntlet Holdings, LLC, Gauntlet’s managing member Darrell W. Rideaux, and Ali Derakhshanfar for allegedly engaging in offering fraud. Sal N. Ortiz was charged as a relief defendant. The SEC’s complaint alleges two fraudulent […]

SEC Charges Three Former Biopharmaceutical Company Executives with Scheme to Mislead About Cancer Drug Application

March 13, 2025/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Stefano R. Carchedi, Marie L. Foegh Ramwell, and James G. Cullem—the former chief executive officer, chief medical officer, and chief business officer of Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company Allarity Therapeutics, Inc., respectively—for scheming to conceal from investors a harsh […]

SEC Charges Illinois Man in Fraudulent Securities Offering

March 11, 2025/US SEC On March 10, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Ronald Pallek of Lakemoor, Illinois alleging he defrauded at least 87 investors in a scheme that raised over $1.5 million. The SEC’s complaint filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Wisconsin […]