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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Efstratios D. Argyropoulos et al
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September 30, 2015
Alleged Facebook IPO Fraudster Hit With $3M In Penalties
A Santa Barbara, California, money manager who was accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of fleecing investors by promising to buy them pre-initial public offering shares of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. on Tuesday was ordered to pay a total of nearly $3.08 million in penalties.
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September 10, 2015
Alleged Facebook IPO Fraudster Gets Penalty Cut To $2.9M
A Santa Barbara money manager accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of fleecing investors by promising to buy them pre-initial public offering shares of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. scored a partial victory Wednesday as a California federal judge reduced his financial penalty to $2.9 million.
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August 11, 2015
Alleged Facebook IPO Fraudster Fights SEC $5.7M Penalty Bid
A Santa Barbara money manager who allegedly duped investors with promises he would buy for them pre-initial public offering shares of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. opposed on Monday $5.7 million in proposed sanctions on him, saying the punishment is excessive and he has already paid back an additional $1.3 million to investors on his own volition.
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July 21, 2015
SEC Seeks $5.7M Over Pre-IPO Facebook, Twitter Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday asked a California federal court to impose $5.7 million in sanctions on a Santa Barbara money manager who allegedly duped investors with promises he would buy for them pre-initial public offering shares of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
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December 23, 2014
SEC Says $3M Facebook Pre-IPO Fraud Funded Day Trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in California federal court on Tuesday accused a Santa Barbara-based man of raising $3.4 million from investors to buy pre-initial public offering shares of Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. and instead using the proceeds to fund his own money-losing day trading activities.