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Penny stock promoter barred

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) announced that on April 10, 2012, the Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas enjoined Ryan M. Reynolds of Dallas, TX, Timothy T. Page of Malibu, CA, Steven Fischer of Bonita Springs, FL, Phillip W. Offill, Jr., a […]

SEC charges Silicon Valley man for start up fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Silicon Valley businessman raised millions for two Internet start-ups by falsely promising investors that his companies were on the verge of undergoing successful initial public offerings and were well on their way to becoming the “next Google.” The SEC alleges that Benedict Van, of San Jose, Calif., […]

Bond oversight lax according to Securities and Exchange Commission

Wall Street banks may not be exercising proper supervision of state and local government bond sales, the Securities and Exchange Commission said, warning investors about risks in the $3.7 trillion municipal market. Reviews of underwriters showed that some may not be sufficiently examining bond documents for evidence of fraud, the agency’s Office of Compliance Inspections and […]

Stanford class actions to move forward

 Investors who lost billions in a massive Ponzi scheme orchestrated by convicted former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford won a legal victory Monday as a federal appeals court decided to let their class action lawsuits go forward against individuals and companies they allege aided the financier’s fraud. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned […]

SEC v. Prime Star Group, Inc., et al.

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada against Prime Star Group, Inc. and its chief executive officer Roger Mohlman of Las Vegas, Nevada, for violations of antifraud, registration, reporting, and books and records provisions, and against Danny Colon and Marysol Morera of […]