Securities and Exchange Commission v. Present

  1. March 20, 2018

    F-Squared Founder Hit With Securities Ban, $12.4M Penalty

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday ordered the founder of defunct stock-picking company F-Squared Investments Inc. to pay the federal government more than $12.4 million and never again work in the securities industry after a federal jury decided he was liable for misleading investors.

  2. March 15, 2018

    F-Squared Founder's Claim To Be Broke Moves Judge

    A Massachusetts federal judge wrestled Thursday with balancing the public's right to know and the privacy rights of the founder of defunct stock-picking company F-Squared, who faces a multimillion-dollar judgment after a jury found him liable for misrepresenting his flagship investment product.

  3. November 17, 2017

    SEC Says F-Squared Founder Owes $13M

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Massachusetts federal judge Friday to levy a $13 million penalty on the ex-CEO of defunct stock-picking company F-Squared after a jury found him liable for lying about his company's flagship investment product's actual track record.

  4. October 06, 2017

    F-Squared Founder Violated Securities Law, Jury Finds

    A federal jury in Massachusetts on Friday found the former CEO of defunct stock-picking company F-Squared liable in a civil case for his role in misrepresenting the history of his flagship investment product.

  5. September 29, 2017

    F-Squared CEO Tells Jury He Didn't Lie To Investors

    Amid a barrage of questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week, the former head of defunct stock-picking company F-Squared insisted over and over at his civil fraud trial that he didn't lie to the market about his flagship product.

  6. September 18, 2017

    Ex-Navellier Exec Can't Quash F-Squared Subpoena

    The founder of investment management firm F-Squared, on trial for civil securities fraud, can force testimony from the former chief compliance officer of Navellier & Associates, an investment adviser that used F-Squared's embattled stock-picking product, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Monday.

  7. September 11, 2017

    Former F-Squared CEO Finally Heads To Trial In Fraud Case

    A civil trial in Boston kicked off Monday to determine whether the CEO of defunct stock-picker F-Squared intended to deceive the market about his flagship product.

  8. May 01, 2017

    Judge Sets Trial Date In SEC's Suit Against F-Squared CEO

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday set a September trial date in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against the former CEO of money manager F-Squared Investments Inc., a day after he rejected the government's efforts for a quick win.

  9. April 27, 2017

    SEC Denied Quick Win Against F-Squared's Ex-CEO

    A Massachusetts federal judge refused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a quick win Thursday in its suit alleging the ex-CEO of disgraced money manager F-Squared falsely advertised a top product's history, saying a jury could reasonably find he had no intent to deceive investors.

  10. April 14, 2017

    SEC Seeks Quick Win In Suit Against F-Squared CEO

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a Massachusetts federal judge Friday that he didn't need a jury trial to rule that the ex-CEO of disgraced money manager F-Squared violated the Investment Advisers Act.