April 15, 2016
Posted May 2, 2016
The SEC announced fraud charges against James Catipay and David Aldrich for allegedly raising $11.7 million from approximately 250 investors, many of them retirees, for their Los Angeles-based litigation marketing company, PLCMGMT LLC (a/k/a PLC or Prometheus Law). Investors were told their money would be used to help gather plaintiffs for class-action and other lawsuits and they would earn hefty investment returns from settlement proceeds. Instead, the SEC alleges that Catipay and Aldrich diverted millions of dollars for their personal use while failing to deliver the promised 100 to 300 percent returns to investors. SEC
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