June 30, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against Chicago, Illinois-based Barrington Asset Management, Inc. and its co-owner and chief operating officer, Gregory D. Paris, for perpetrating a multi-year cherry-picking scheme that defrauded Barrington clients. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the United States District Court for […]
Frauds & Scandals
SEC Charges Self-Proclaimed Real Estate “Dealmaker” With Multiple Offering Frauds and Misappropriation of Investor Funds
June 30, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Matthew J. Skinner of Santa Clarita, California, and five entities he owns and controls – Empire West Equity Inc., Bayside Equity LP, Longacre Estates LP, Freedom Equity Fund LLC, and Simple Growth LLC – for conducting four […]
SEC Charges Electronic Trading Platform for Operating As An Unregistered Broker-Dealer
June 29, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Neovest Inc., a provider of an order and execution management system (OEMS) that facilitates electronic trading, has agreed to pay a $2.75 million penalty for its failure to register as a broker-dealer in violation of the federal securities […]
