Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Fintech Company Founder with Fraudulent Scheme to Defraud Investors and Misappropriate Funds

4/4/2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Michael Liberty, the founder of the fintech startup now known as Mozido, Inc., with a fraudulent scheme to trick hundreds of investors into investing in his shell companies instead of Mozido. Michael Liberty and his accomplices then stole most of the […]

SEC Charges Florida Resident with Market Manipulation Scheme

4/4/2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged St. Petersburg, Florida resident Gregory M. Bercowy with a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the stock price of Aureus, Inc., a penny stock company incorporated in Nevada. The SEC alleges that between August 4 and August 15, 2016, Bercowy, who is associated […]

SEC Warns of Government Impersonators

April 4, 2018/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an Investor Alert warning investors of fraudsters claiming to be SEC employees in an attempt to trick investors into sending money or revealing sensitive account information.  The alert makes clear that the SEC does not contact investors to confirm […]