January 13, 2020

San Francisco-based fund advisor Michael Rothenberg has been ordered to pay more than $31 million for misappropriating millions of dollars in client funds.  Instead of investing clients funds in emerging technology, the head of Rothenberg Ventures LLC allegedly funneled it toward personal business ventures and events, in violation of the antifraud provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  As part of the settlement, Rothenberg has also agreed to be barred from the securities industry for five years.  SEC

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