USA v. Discala et al

  1. April 04, 2018

    Bogus Trades, Lies Drove $300M Stock Fraud, Jury Hears

    The trial of the former CEO of financial services firm OmniView Capital Advisors LLC and a Las Vegas attorney began in Brooklyn on Wednesday, with jurors hearing of a multi-pronged $300 million scheme to inflate the value of worthless companies via fraudulent trading and bogus press releases.

  2. March 22, 2018

    Broker Pleads Out Ahead Of $300M Stock Fraud Trial

    A former broker accused of various pump-and-dump schemes collectively worth $300 million admitted to manipulating stock prices and bilking unwitting investors on Thursday, days before he was due to stand trial alongside the ex-husband of a star of the TV show "The Sopranos."

  3. January 19, 2018

    Thompson Hine Atty Still DQ'd In $86M Pump-And-Dump Case

    A Brooklyn federal judge has declined to reconsider his disqualification of a Thompson Hine LLP attorney from representing a broker charged with aiding an $86 million pump-and-dump scheme, ruling in an order entered Thursday that there's no alternative but for the broker to find new counsel.

  4. January 08, 2018

    Thompson Hine Atty Fights DQ In $86M Pump-And-Dump Case

    A Thompson & Hine LLP attorney on Friday asked a Brooklyn federal judge to reconsider her disqualification from representing a broker charged with aiding an $86 million pump-and-dump scheme, saying there is no "substantial relationship" between her prior limited representation of a codefendant and the instant case.

  5. October 18, 2017

    Atty, CEO Plead Guilty Over $86M Pump-And-Dump Scheme

    Two men accused of participating in an $86 million pump-and-dump scheme involving the stock of medical billing firm CodeSmart Holdings Inc. each pled guilty to a securities-fraud conspiracy charge in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday.

  6. June 28, 2016

    Broker Admits Role In Fake $200M Market Cap Scheme

    A broker copped to manipulating the share price of Cubed Inc. before a Brooklyn federal judge Monday, admitting he used an attorney escrow account to make trades that created a bogus $200 million market capitalization for the essentially worthless issue, in a stock pump-and-dump bust that snared 10 defendants in total.

  7. November 04, 2015

    NY Atty, Brokers Arrested Over $300M Stock Scheme

    Federal prosecutors have arrested two investment brokers and a lawyer in connection with an alleged $300 million scam to sell "worthless" stock to the elderly, they said on Wednesday.

  8. July 23, 2014

    Ex-Husband Of 'Sopranos' Star Denies $300M Stock Fraud

    Two executives of a New York investment firm, one of whom is the ex-husband of an actress from “The Sopranos,” pled not guilty Wednesday to federal charges they helped run a $300 million stock manipulation scheme.

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