5/4/2018/US SEC Joseph Meli has been sentenced by a federal court in Manhattan to more than six years in prison in connection with a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme involving purported resales of tickets to popular concerts and Broadway shows. The criminal case arises from the same conduct alleged in two […]
Frauds & Scandals
SEC Charges Medical Device Company The Eye Machine and Founder Pocklington With Fraud
5/4/2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged convicted felon and former NHL team owner Peter H. Pocklington, his medical device company, and others with defrauding investors by hiding Pocklington’s recidivist history and by misappropriating investor funds. The SEC alleges that in 2010, Pocklington pleaded guilty to a federal […]
SEC Awards More Than $2.2 Million to Whistleblower
5/4/2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $2.2 million to a former company insider whose tips helped the agency open an investigation that led to an enforcement action. The whistleblower first reported the information to another federal agency and later provided the […]
