The SEC announced an emergency asset freeze against a company located in Turks and Caicos Islands in connection with its operation of a South Florida-based Ponzi scheme.
The SEC’s request for the emergency asset freeze against Abatement Corp. Holding Company Limited was granted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida last week. The SEC’s complaint alleged that Abatement Corp. and its now-deceased principal falsely promised investors safe, guaranteed returns while engaging in an offering fraud and Ponzi scheme from November 2004 until the principal's death on May 15, 2014.
“Unknowing investors were led to believe that Abatement Corp. and Laurer were watching out for their financial best interests when, in fact, they were callously stealing their hard-earned money,” said Eric I. Bustillo, Director of the SEC’s Miami Regional Office.
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