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Misrepresentations

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September 12, 2019

Ronald Hardy and Dennis Verdosa, both formerly associated with Power Traders Press and My Street Research, were sentenced to, respectively, 10 years and 6 years in prison following their 2018 guilty pleas for their roles in a "boiler room" operation that defrauded investors, many elderly, of $147 million.  Defendants artificially inflated the price and trading volume of stock in certain publicly-traded companies, and misrepresented the advisability of purchasing the stock and its potential profitability to victim investors.  The defendants often themselves held interests in the companies, and profited when their victims lost.   USAO EDNY

Tagged in: Criminal Proceedings, Financial and Investment Fraud, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,

August 16, 2019

In a consent judgment, Hani Zeini, formerly the CEO of California-based silicone breast implant company Sientra, Inc., has been ordered to pay a $160,000 civil penalty to settle charges that he concealed damaging news in advance of a $60 million stock offering by the company in 2015.  Specifically, as the offering was preparing to close, Zeini learned that the Brazilian company that was Sientra's sole source for implants had lost a regulatory approval, but concealed that information from the underwriter and the company's general counsel.  When the news became public the day after the offering closed, Sientra's stock price fell over 50%.  SEC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,

Catch of the Week — Yukom Communications and Others Face CFTC Claims of Binary Options Fraud

Posted  08/16/19
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed suit against five entities and four individuals on August 12, 2019, in the Northern District of Illinois for running a $103 million fraudulent binary options scheme. The defendants, led by Israeli company Yukom Communications Ltd.,which marketed binary options using two websites known as BinaryBook and BigOption. In recent years, the CFTC has targeted fraudulent binary...

Tagged in: Catch of the Week, Financial and Investment Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, Misrepresentations,

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August 9, 2019

In a default judgment, Kevin Andre Perry and Lucrative Pips Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia were ordered to pay a civil penalty of $2 million and restitution of almost $700,000 with respect to their fraudulent marketing of a foreign exchange pool.  Defendants told prospective pool participants that their funds were “guaranteed” against trading losses and that their accounts would grow in value by 200% to 350% in less than 60 days.  Defendants then failed to return funds when customers tried to later withdraw them.  CFTC

Tagged in: Foreign Exchange, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Misrepresentations, Ponzi Schemes,

August 8, 2019

Lee Elbaz was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme to defraud U.S. investors, wrongfully obtaining $145 million in investor funds.   Yukom Communications, Ltd., with Elbaz as the CEO, used the websites BinaryBook and BigOption to market "binary options" to investors.  Elbaz and Yukom falsely claimed to represent the interests of investors when, in fact, they profited when investors lost money, and made false statements about binary option suitability and expected returns, their identity and qualifications, and the ability of investors to withdraw funds.  Elbaz was sentenced in December, 2019.  DOJ

Tagged in: Criminal Proceedings, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Misrepresentations,

July 24, 2019

Facebook Inc. has agreed to pay a $100 million SEC penalty to resolve charges that its public disclosures omitted material information about a third party's misuse of Facebook user data.  Facebook's disclosures presented the risk of misuse of user data as hypothetical when Facebook knew in 2015 that, in fact, Cambridge Analytica and a researcher had collected and transferred data on approximately 30 million Americans.  Furthermore, when media investigations of Cambridge Analytical began, Facebook misleadingly stated that it had discovered no evidence of wrongdoing by Cambridge Analytica.  SEC

Tagged in: Cybersecurity and Data Breaches, Financial and Investment Fraud, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,

July 19, 2019

Kelvin Ramirez of Houston, Texas, was ordered to pay more than $2.9 million – $2.2 million as a civil penalty, and $736,000 in restitution – in a default judgment that also permanently barred him from trading in any CFTC-regulated market or registering with the CFTC.  Ramirez solicited clients through social media platforms, offering bogus forex trading schemes.  CFTC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Misrepresentations,

July 18, 2019

Swapnil Rege, who worked as a portfolio manager for a hedge fund that operated as a commodity pool operator, was been ordered by the CFTC  and SEC to pay a $100,000 civil penalty and disgorge a $600,000 performance bonus he received as a result of his fraudulent mismarking the valuations of interest rate swaps.  The mismarking, accomplished through various means, artifically inflated the profitability of his trades, earning him a larger performance bonus.  SEC, CFTC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Market Manipulation and Trading Violations, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,

July 16, 2019

AR Capital LLC, together with its founder Nicholas Schorsch and its former CFO Brian Block, have agreed to pay $39 million in disgorgement and interest, as well as penalties totaling $21.75 million, to resolve allegations that they wrongfully inflated incentive fees and took unsupported charges in two separate mergers involving the publicly-traded REIT American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. that AR Capital sponsored and managed.  Defendants allegedly failed to properly disclose their compensation to shareholders.  SEC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,

July 15, 2019

Nomura Securities, Inc. agreed to provide $25 million to reimburse customers that purchased mortgage-backed securities from Nomura.  The SEC orders find that Nomura traders made false and misleading statements to customers, including about the price at which Nomura bought securities, the amount of profit Nomura would receive on the potential trade, and the current owner of the security.  The SEC furhter alleged that Nomura failed to reasonably supervise its traders.  Nomura, which cooperated in the investigation, will also pay $1.5 million in penalties.  Two individual traders were previously charged by the SEC.  SEC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Misrepresentations, Securities Fraud,

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