Tag: Securities Fraud

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SEC Halts Alleged Cannabis Fraud Scheme

The SEC obtained an emergency order to halt an alleged ongoing offering fraud and Ponzi-like scheme by Integrated National Resources Inc. (INR), which does business as WeedGenics, and its owners, Rolf Max Hirschmann and Patrick Earl Williams. The SEC alleges that INR raised more than $60 million from investors to […]

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Computer Guru Gets SEC Asset Freeze

The SEC has very strong enforcement power over those who it believes violated, or are violating, the federal securities laws. Brent Kovar, who has had prior run-ins with the securities law, and his mom, were the subject of an emergency action, a temporary restraining order and asset freeze to halt […]

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SEC Charges Three in Digital Asset Frauds

he Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three individuals with defrauding hundreds of retail investors out of more than $11 million through two fraudulent and unregistered digital asset securities offerings. According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, from approximately December […]