Demitrios Hallas Accused By SEC Of Selling Unsuitable Investments
The SEC accused former broker Demitrios Hallas with trading leveraged Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) in clients’ accounts and swindling $170,000 from one of his clients. The Commission claims he trade one hundred seventy-nine daily leveraged ETFs and ETNs in client accounts from September 2014 to October 2015, creating $128,000 in […]
Dwayne Edwards Accused Of Fraud By SEC
The SEC charged Dwayne Edwards with fraud and obtained an emergency asset freeze against the South Carolina businessman. The SEC alleges that he funneled money he obtained from investors who believed their money would be used for buying and renovating senior housing facilities. According to the commission, Dwayne Edwards illicitly commingled funds from a number […]
SEC Charges Edward Durante With Securities Fraud
The SEC charged Edward Durante, a recidivist securities law violator, with operating a multi-year offering fraud that targeted investors in New England, Ohio, and California. The SEC’s complaint alleges that between 2012 and 2014, Durante defrauded at least 50 relatively unsophisticated investors of at least $11 million through the sale of securities of VGTel, Inc., a […]
Gold Mining Ponzi Scheme Targets Latinos in Florida
On July 2, 2015, the SEC froze a fraudulent venture headed by DFRF Enterprises, its leader, and six promoters. The SEC alleges that DFRF Enterprises operated a Ponzi scheme by promoting and selling membership interests in over 50 Brazilian and African gold mines. The company recruited investors by promising large profits on fully insured funds used […]