July 23, 2018
A former stock promoter serving more than two years in prison for his role in a $95 million global market manipulation conspiracy was denied bail pending appeal last week and then ordered on Friday to pay $778,000 in restitution for aiding in a pump-and-dump scheme involving worthless penny stocks.
February 23, 2018
A former stock promoter was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for his role in a $95 million global market manipulation conspiracy, following his conviction at trial for aiding a pump-and-dump operation involving worthless penny stocks.
August 17, 2016
A Canadian man who was at the "apex" of an multimillion-dollar advance fee scheme, running boiler rooms around the world to induce investors to pay bogus fees to unload nearly worthless penny stocks, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday to 78 months in prison.
July 08, 2016
A Brooklyn federal judge on Friday sentenced a pair of Canadians to time served for their roles in a so-called advance fee scheme, in which prosecutors say involved running boiler rooms around the world to induce investors to pay bogus fees to unload nearly worthless penny stocks.
March 10, 2016
A Canadian man who helped run a call center as his father managed what prosecutors call a $20 million advance fee fraud scheme from Thailand was sentenced to time served on Thursday by a Brooklyn federal judge after previously spending 21 months in jail.