February 11, 2015
A Florida federal judge refused to toss claims in a putative class action alleging a group of major investors in Liberty Silver Corp., a Toronto-based mining company, used celebrities to conduct an illegal pump-and-dump scheme with the company's stocks, ruling Wednesday there was a plausible securities fraud claim.
September 12, 2013
A Nevada mining company was hit with a proposed class action in a Florida state court on Wednesday, alleging Liberty and some of its largest investors used celebrities such as former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway to lend credibility to an illegal pump-and-dump scheme.