Articles Posted in Fraud and Misrepresentation

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Timothy J. Roth, et al., Civil Action No. 11-cv-02079 (C.D. Ill.) Former Investment Adviser Sentenced to 12 Years for Misappropriating Client Assets The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that on January 31, 2013, the Honorable Michael M. Mihm of the United States District Court for the Central District of…

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Garfield Taylor, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:11-CV-02054-RLW (District Court for the District of Columbia) SEC OBTAINS JUDGMENTS AGAINST FORMER OFFICERS OF GIBRALTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the Honorable Robert L. Wilkins, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia,…

Securities and Exchange Commission v. A Chicago Convention Center, LLC, Anshoo Sethi, and Intercontinental Regional Center Trust of Chicago, LLC, Civil Action No. 13-cv-982 SEC HALTS $150 MILLION INVESTMENT SCHEME TO DUPE FOREIGN INVESTORS AND EXPLOIT IMMIGRATION PROGRAM The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges and an asset freeze against an individual living in…

SEC Charges Husband and Wife in Florida with Defrauding Seniors Investing in Purported Charity The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a husband and wife who raised millions of dollars selling investments for a purported charitable organization in Tallahassee, Fla., while defrauding senior citizens and significantly exaggerating the amount of contributions actually made to charity.…

SEC Charges Trader in Houston-Area Investment Scheme Targeting Lebanese and Druze Communities The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a day trader in Sugar Land, Texas, with defrauding investors in his supposed high-frequency trading program and providing them falsified brokerage records that drastically overstated assets and hid his massive trading losses. The SEC alleges that…

SEC Charges Real Estate Executives in Florida-Based $300 Million Investment Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged five former real estate executives who defrauded investors into believing they were funding the development of five-star destination resorts in Florida and Las Vegas when they were actually buying into a Ponzi scheme. The SEC alleges that…

Brett Henderson – Registered Representative, North Salt Lake City, Utah: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) is a self-regulatory authority assigned the responsibility, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to license, regulate and discipline securities broker/dealers and their employees, including account executives. In the event that FINRA elects to institute and enforcement action, firms…

Sean K. Hannon – Registered Representative, Cary, North Carolina: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) is a self-regulatory authority assigned the responsibility, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to license, regulate and discipline securities broker/dealers and their employees, including account executives. In the event that FINRA elects to institute and enforcement action, firms and…

Thomas Brown Hammond – Registered Representative, Fair Oaks, California: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) is a self-regulatory authority assigned the responsibility, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to license, regulate and discipline securities broker/dealers and their employees, including account executives. In the event that FINRA elects to institute and enforcement action, firms and…

Kenneth A. Dachman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay Over $4 Million in Restitution The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that on January 17, 2013, in a criminal action brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, the Honorable James B. Zagel in the Northern District…