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After discovering that four of its financial advisors had committed fraud with automatic bank transfers, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) has agreed to pay $15 million in fines and other sanctions for failing to have reasonable theft detection in place. Prior to December of 2022, MSSB did not have a…
Silver Law Group’s managing partner Scott Silver was interviewed by Investment News for a news article about the SEC revoking the license of Lufkin Advisors of San Mateo, California. The license was revoked after its president and chief compliance officer, Chauncey Forbush Lufkin, III, was charged with fraudulent contact related…
The SEC has filed a complaint in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division against Agridime, LLC, and its co-founders Joshua Link and Jed Wood regarding the sale of unregistered securities called “Cattle Contracts.” In the petition, the SEC alleges that these contracts were simply…
Aegis Capital Corporation (CRD#15007) has reached an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the recommendations and sales of a complex and risky investment called variable interest rate structured products, or VRSP. The SEC filed a cease-and-desist order on July 28, 2022. In response, Aegis submitted an…
On September 1, 2022 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced through a press release that the commission had filed an enforcement action against the managing partners of Broadway Strategic Return Fund, LP, Curtis Wayne Cronin and John Joseph. The action seeks an order directing Cronin and Joseph to comply…
The SEC announced that it has filed a temporary restraining order against Ron Harrison (Ron K. Harrison), a former registered broker and investment advisor (CRD#: 1785805) to freeze the assets of his company, Global Trading Institute, and his girlfriend since 2017, Irina Parfyonova. She is named as a relief defendant…
Silver Law Group, a national securities and investment fraud law firm that represents Ponzi scheme victims, is investigating Harbor City Capital Corp. and its founder, Melbourne, Florida resident Jonathan P. Maroney (JP Maroney, Jonathan Paul Maroney), for running an alleged Ponzi scheme. Jonathan P. Maroney Alleged To Have Sold Unregistered…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Melbourne, Florida resident Jonathan P. Maroney, accusing him of running an ongoing Ponzi scheme through his company Harbor City Capital Corp., LLC and other entities. Although characterized as an internet marketing company, Maroney allegedly…
Scott Silver, Silver Law Group’s managing partner, was interviewed for a CNBC article about the GameStop (GME) bull who is behind the Roaring Kitty YouTube streams. GameStop Surges With Help From Reddit, Social Media Bulls According to news reports, GameStop stock’s incredible rise in price was helped by social media…
On February 4, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it charged three people and their affiliated entities with running a “Ponzi-like scheme” that raised more than $1.7 billion by selling private placements issued by alternative asset management firm GPB Capital Holdings. Silver Law Group represents investors in…