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Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey-based National Realty Investment Advisors LLC (NRIA) and four of its former executives with running a Ponzi-like scheme that raised approximately $600 million from about 2,000 investors. The SEC’s complaint alleges that beginning in 2018, NRIA and its executives raised funds by promising investors their money would be used...

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Kim Kardashian for touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion. Kardashian agreed to settle the charges, pay $1.26 million in penalties, disgorgement, and interest, and cooperate with the Commission’s ongoing investigation. The SEC’s...

A federal jury in Atlanta convicted a South Carolina man today of fraudulently obtaining a $300,000 forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Travis Crosby, 32, of Wellford, conspired to submit a PPP loan application...

Former CEO Agrees to Settle to Same Charges and Pay $1 Million The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged The Boeing Company and its former CEO, Dennis A. Muilenburg, with making materially misleading public statements following crashes of Boeing airplanes in 2018 and 2019. The crashes involved Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane and a flight control function called the Maneuvering Characteristics...

Los Angeles (CA) – Probably 2021 was not a year for the books for Hadari Oshri. And things aren't looking up in 2022 either. Last year, the American-Israeli entrepreneur lost her meritless restraining order case against me. My anti-SLAPP court win was a powerful reminder of why First Amendment Rights are celebrated, honored and protected by Americans. And as an...

Hadari Oshri sued by Major Gloves Inc. for $225,000 for failure to deliver home test kits A1A Management, which Oshri co-owns with Pat Seller, is also named in the lawsuit Hadari Oshri, whose real name is Hadar Oshri, is being sued by Major Gloves Inc for $225,000 along with her many alter egos: Krista Collinsworth, Kristy Green, Michaela Lake and Haily...

A través de un comunicado, el Sindicato Nacional de Escritores (NWU) condena la corrupción periodística de Antonio García Ferreras, director de la televisora española La Sexta, por influir en las elecciones presidenciales de España usando “fake news” New York (USA) – El Sindicato Nacional de Escritores (NWU) de EEUU condena tajantemente la manipulación informativa y la praxis antiprofesional y antidemocrática...

Defendant Defrauded Investors of Over $6 Million A federal jury convicted a New York man this week in connection with a scheme to defraud investors by marketing and selling fraudulent virtual currency. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Randall Crater, 51, of East Hampton, founded My Big Coin Pay Inc. (My Big Coin), a purported cryptocurrency and virtual...

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a former Coinbase product manager, his brother, and his friend for perpetrating a scheme to trade ahead of multiple announcements regarding certain crypto assets that would be made available for trading on the Coinbase platform. The SEC’s complaint alleges that, while employed at Coinbase, Ishan Wahi...

CEO of Dozens of Companies and Entities Charged in Scheme to Traffic an Estimated $1 Billion in Fraudulent and Counterfeit Cisco Networking Equipment A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey returned an indictment last week charging a resident of Florida with running a massive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment...