Frauds & Scandals

SEC Seeks Order Requiring Shawn Carter to Comply With Subpoena for Testimony

May 3, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a subpoena enforcement action against Shawn Carter seeking an order directing him to comply with an investigative subpoena for his testimony. According to the application and supporting papers, which were filed in federal court in the Southern District of […]

SEC Shuts Down $85 Million Ponzi Scheme and Obtains Asset Freeze

2/5/2018/US SEC n May 1, 2018 a federal court in Jackson, Mississippi unsealed the Commission’s previously filed fraud charges against a Mississippi company and its principal who allegedly bilked at least 150 investors in an $85 million Ponzi scheme. The defendants agreed to permanent injunctions, an asset freeze, and expedited […]

Two South Florida Men Barred from Penny Stock Offerings for Engaging in a Microcap Pump-and-Dump Scheme

May 2, 2018/US SEC Two South Florida men have agreed to lifetime bars from the penny stock business to settle charges that they orchestrated a fraudulent pump-and-dump scheme involving shares of Valentine Beauty Inc., a Sunrise, Florida, company that purported to be in the beauty products business. The SEC alleges […]