Charges have been filed by the SEC against a West Palm Beach based hedge fund advisory firm and its founder with fraudulently shifting money from one investment to another without informing investors. According to the SEC, the firm’s founder and another individual later pocketed some of the transferred investor proceeds to enrich themselves.
The SEC alleges that Weston Capital Asset Management LLC and its founder and president Albert Hallac illegally drained more than $17 million from a hedge fund they managed and transferred the money to a consulting and investment firm known as Swartz IP Services Group Inc. The transaction went against the hedge fund’s stated investment strategy and wasn’t disclosed to investors, who received account statements falsely portraying that their investment was performing as well or even better than before. Weston Capital’s former general counsel Keith Wellner assisted the activities.
For more information - Securities Defense Lawyer Blog: 06/01/2014 - 07/01/2014
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