by Teri Buhl This story has been updated. SBB creditors recently participated in a call hosted by attorneys from Cleary Gottlieb in an effort to inform and update other bondholders’ about the work they have done to hold SBB’s management accountable. These London based lawyers are currently polling other creditors interest in joining Fir Tree […]
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U.S. Government charges Andy Defrancesco with Securities Fraud
This story has been updated Canadian small cap financier Andy Defrancesco has been accused by the U.S. stock market regulator of securities fraud for his role in leading a pump and dump scheme of Cool Holdings ($AWSM). The SEC filed its complaint in the Southern District of New York on Friday, January 6 and also […]
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Convicted fraudster A.J. Discala makes Hail-Mary move to stay out of Jail for 11.5 years
This story had been updated: A.J. Discala finally reported to prison on May 2, 2022 at a minimum security facility. Oringinal Text 12-30-21 Convicted penny stock schemer A.J. Discala is making a last ditch effort to not report to prison for 11.5 years by asking the court to allow him to stay out on bail […]
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Barry Honig promoter Jeff Auerbach gets Three Months Jail in stock Kickback Scheme
A New York City based stock promoter and investor relations executive, Jeff Auerbach, was given a lite prison sentence for his role in bribing stock brokers to put their main street clients into microcap stocks to prop up the price of a stock. Auerbach chose to report early to Otisville, NY prison in March for […]
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Barry Honig settles Securities Fraud lawsuit with Eloxx Pharmaceutics investor: $ELOX
Barry Honig has agreed to settle the Eloxx securities fraud suit and drop his counterclaim against a fellow high net worth investor John Winfield. This signals Honig or the company agreed to pay up on the stock he allegedly help cheat Winfield out of. Winfield was asking for as much as $2 million for his […]
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Judge Rules SEC can’t sue MGT CEO for whatever they want in Honig Pump & Dump case: $MGTI
A New York federal judge threw out the Securities and Exchange Commission’s additional claims of MGT’s CEO, Robert Ladd, using his father’s stock trading account to benefit himself unbeknownst to MGT Capital Investment shareholders. But it’s not all rosy for the Bitcoin CEO because Judge Ramos ruled on January 27th that the SEC’s claims of […]
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Judge says Team Honig could’ve acted with Scienter in $RIOT Securities Fraud lawsuit
Shareholders in a bitcoin company called RIOT Blockchain scored a win last week when New Jersey judge, Zahid Quraishi, ruled Barry Honig & his cohorts can be added back as named defendants in the securities fraud suit filed in New Jersey federal court. Previously the federal court had dismissed without prejudice defendant Honig, Andy Defrancesco’s […]
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Laidlaw & Co. Lawyer Warned of Sanctions in Black Stockbroker Employment Retaliation lawsuit
An attorney for Laidlaw & Co was warned he could be sanctioned by SDNY’s Judge Woods today in an employment relationation lawsuit involving an African American stockbroker, George Calhoun, who sued the New York-based broker dealer for racial discrimination and having to work in a hostile environment. The attorney, Christopher Milazzo, of CMP LLP, and […]
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