Tuesday, April 3, 2018

SEC News - Fraud, Asset Freeze, and a Barred Adviser


SEC Charges Company and Executives in Oil-and-Gas Offering Fraud
The SEC has charged a Dallas-based oil-and-gas company and two of its executives with defrauding investors out of at least $950,000 through a string of fraudulent oil-and-gas securities offerings.

SEC Obtains Partial Asset Freeze of Proceeds in Alleged Fraudulent Touting Scheme
The SEC has filed fraud charges in a scheme to inflate the share price of an Israeli medical marijuana company’s common stock. The court entered a partial asset freeze of the proceeds of the alleged fraud.

Investment Adviser Settles Charges for Cheating Clients in Fraudulent Cherry-Picking Scheme
Charges have been settled against an Austin, Texas-based investment adviser for defrauding his clients through a “cherry-picking” scheme. The adviser, who is the principal, sole owner, and sole employee of Valor Capital Asset Management LLC, has agreed to be banned from the securities industry and pay more than $715,000 to resolve the charges.

SEC Foils Penny Stock Executive’s Plan to Pump Stock and Exploit Investors
The SEC barred the president of a penny stock company from ever again serving as a public company officer or director after he was caught making false and misleading statements about the company to investors in an effort to increase demand for the stock.

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