Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Florida Real Estate Companies and Executive with Misappropriating Investor Money

June 7, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against Coral Springs, Florida resident Larry B. Brodman and several entities he controls for misappropriating and misusing millions of dollars of investor proceeds raised in various fraudulent and unregistered securities offerings. The Commission also charged Lake Worth, […]

SEC Charges Portfolio Manager with Using Forged Document to Offer Securities to Investor

June 7, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Thomas Nicholas Salzano, of Secaucus, New Jersey, with using a sham loan document containing a forged signature in a fraudulent attempt to entice a $150,000 investment in a real estate joint venture located in New Jersey. According to the […]

SEC Charges Couple With Insider Trading on Confidential Clinical Trial Data

June 7, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based couple with insider trading in the stock of the pharmaceutical company where one of them worked as a clinical trial project manager. The defendants have agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle the charges. According to […]