Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Previously-Barred Broker with Defrauding Investors in a Pre-Ipo Investment Scheme

April 27, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a previously barred securities broker with fraudulently raising funds from investors purportedly to purchase shares of prominent private companies prior to their initial public offerings (IPOs). The SEC also charged three individuals and an entity as relief defendants. According to […]

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief, Charges Florida Company and CEO with Misappropriating Investor Money and Operating a Ponzi Scheme

April 27, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and an asset freeze to stop an alleged Ponzi scheme and misappropriation of investor proceeds perpetrated by Melbourne, Florida resident Jonathan P. Maroney through several entities he controls. […]

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief, Charges Florida Company and CEO with Misappropriating Investor Money and Operating a Ponzi Scheme

April 26, 2021/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and an asset freeze to stop an alleged Ponzi scheme and misappropriation of investor proceeds perpetrated by Melbourne, Florida resident Jonathan P. Maroney through several entities he […]