Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Owner of Options Trading Website for Defrauding Retail Investors

December 3, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mark Suleymanov of Glen Cove, New York with engaging in an online binary options scheme that defrauded retail investors out of approximately $4 million. The SEC’s complaint alleges that from at least 2012 to 2016, Suleymanov engaged in the […]

SEC Charges Kentucky Man for Role in Nationwide Oil Investment Scheme

December 1, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a 35-year-old Kentucky man for his role in a scheme that resulted in the fraudulent offering and sale of at least $15 million of securities to more than 150 investors. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Jared Gabriel Forrester was installed […]

SEC Charges Self-Described Promoter with Microcap Market Manipulation Scheme

November 29, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a self-described penny stock promoter and an entity he controlled with orchestrating a scheme to manipulate trading in at least 97 microcap stocks. According to the SEC’s complaint, Eric Landis falsely claimed to third-party media buyers for microcap companies that […]