December 12, 2014
A visibly agitated Andrew "Avi" Tepfer, who admitted to fraudulently issuing Spongetech Delivery Systems Inc. shares in a $21 million penny stock pump-and-dump scheme, was sentenced to five years' probation on Friday at a hearing where the judge urged him to seek psychiatric inpatient treatment.
November 07, 2014
Steven Moskowitz, the former chief financial officer of SpongeTech Delivery Systems Inc., on Friday joined the company's former CEO in ducking prison for a $21 million penny stock pump-and-dump scheme after a Brooklyn federal judge cited Moskowitz's "extensive cooperation" with prosecutors and his poor health.
October 17, 2011
A New York federal judge on Monday sentenced a marketing consultant to five years' probation for lying to prosecutors about his role in helping Spongetech Delivery Systems Inc. cover up an alleged pump-and-dump scheme.
September 30, 2011
A marketing consultant soon to be sentenced for lying about his role in helping Spongetech Delivery Systems Inc. cover up an alleged pump-and-dump scheme asked a federal New York judge on Thursday to eschew prison time in favor of supervised release.
May 09, 2011
Internet marketer George Speranza admitted Friday in a New York federal court that he lied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission during its investigation of a massive pump-and-dump scheme allegedly perpetrated by soap-filled-sponge maker Spongetech Delivery Systems Inc.