Category Archives: Securities Fraud
SEC Charges Several South Florida Residents in Penny Stock Fraud Scheme
On September 7th, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced fraud charges against ten different individuals in relation to a penny stock fraud scheme. The charges were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of the New York. According to the SEC’s complaint, the ten individuals were implicated in… Read More »
SEC Charges Florida Resident With Securities Fraud
On September 10th, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced securities fraud charges against a former Miami Beach, Florida broker named Emil Botvinnik. In the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the SEC charged Mr. Botvinnik (CRD#: 4359481) in a multi-million dollar excessive trading (churning) scheme. The alleged… Read More »
SEC Files Bond Fraud Charges Against South Florida Company
On August 14th, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced investment fraud charges against two companies and eighteen different individuals. One of the investment firms, Core Management Performance, LLC (CPM), is based in Boca Raton, Florida, and was operated by four South Florida individuals: James Scherr of Boca Raton, FL; Deborah Dora of… Read More »
SEC Charges Five Florida-Based Unregistered Brokers with Selling Fraudulent Woodbridge Group Financial Products
On August 20th, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced investment fraud charges against five Florida residents: Barry Kornfeld of Parkland, FL; Ferne E. Kornfeld of Parkland, FL; Andrew G. Costa of Fort Lauderdale, FL; Albert D. Klager of Vero Beach, FL; and Lynette M. Robbins of The Villages, FL. According to the… Read More »
Miami-Dade County Advisor Barred for Refusal to Cooperate With FINRA Investigation into Undisclosed Private Placements
Alex Gerardo Herrera (CRD#: 3204779) is a former broker and investment advisor. Most recently, Mr. Herrera was employed at UBS Financial Services in Coral Gables, Florida. On August 8th, 2018, FINRA barred Mr. Herrera from the securities industry. FINRA took this disciplinary action after this broker refused to cooperate with a regulatory investigation into… Read More »
South Florida Broker Barred for Elder Financial Fraud
On July 11th, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has reached a settlement with Mitchell Yanow (CRD#: 2148171), a former broker of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company. From April of 2015 to May of 2018, Mr. Yanow was employed at the Boca Raton, FL branch office of this brokerage firm. Earlier… Read More »
SEC Shuts Down $100 Million Ponzi Scheme; Florida Man Charged
On June 19th, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that enforcement officials were shutting down a $102 million Ponzi scheme. Several former FINRA advisors were implicated in the charges. According to the SEC, more than 600 investors throughout the United States were defrauded in this Ponzi scheme. Six men have been charged… Read More »
Miami Securities Broker Barred for Selling Unregistered Securities
On June 12th, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that Harold Lee Connell (CRD#: 1482623), a registered broker from Miami, Florida has been permanently barred from the securities industry. From 2001 to 2017, Mr. Connell served as the CEO and President of CP Capital Securities, a broker-dealer that was headquartered in Miami…. Read More »
Palm Beach County Broker Barred From Securities Industry for Material Misrepresentations
On May 17th, 2018, the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) affirmed FINRA’s findings and sanctions in the case of Michael Todd Clements (CRD#: 170207), permanently barring the broker from the securities industry and ordering him to pay full financial restitution to affected investors. The alleged misconduct in this case relates to the period when Mr…. Read More »
SEC Files Civil Investment Fraud Charges Against Delray Beach, Florida Executive
On May 16th, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced investment fraud charges against Brent Borland. Mr. Borland has a residence in Manhattan, New York and a second residence in Delray Beach, Florida. According to investigators, Mr. Borland misappropriated nearly $6 million in investor funds. While investors were informed that their money was… Read More »
