December 16, 2016
Posted January 13, 2017
Nevada-based stock transfer agent Empire Stock Transfer, and its supervisor of operations Matthew J. Blevins will pay $174,000 and agree to be permanently barred from the securities industry to settle charges that they transferred large blocks of several penny stock securities without restrictions to offshore nominees despite red flags indicating the shares were likely part of an illegal operation. The SEC previously charged several offshore entities involved with the illegal sales of unregistered penny stocks made possible by Empire Stock Transfer and Blevins. SEC
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