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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. GENTILE

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:16-cv-01619

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Judge:

Brian R. Martinotti

Government Agencies

  1. March 28, 2022

    Ex-Informant Loses Contempt Bid Against SEC Over Fla. Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge on Monday shot down a former government informant's bid to hold the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in contempt for filing a Florida action against him, finding that the suit was not off-limits after a related Garden State case was dismissed.

  2. January 11, 2022

    Reject SEC Contempt Bid From Ex-Informant, Court Told

    A New Jersey magistrate judge has said a district judge should reject a former government informant's bid to hold the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in contempt for bringing a Florida suit against him, dismissing his argument that the claims should have been raised in a New Jersey case instead.

  3. November 03, 2021

    Ex-Informant Wants SEC Held In Contempt Over Suit Filing

    A former government informant asked a New Jersey federal court Tuesday to hold the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in contempt for supposedly violating a court order by filing a federal lawsuit in Florida over his alleged role in penny stock manipulation schemes that should have been filed as an amended complaint in the Garden State last year.

  4. September 29, 2020

    Ex-Informant Again Beats SEC Suit Over Stock Schemes

    A former government informant on Tuesday again defeated a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over his alleged role in penny stock manipulation schemes, with a New Jersey federal judge finding that the agency did not show injunctions were needed to prevent him from breaking securities laws in the future.

  5. April 03, 2020

    SEC Blasts Ex-Informant's 'Absurd' Bid To Ax Stock Suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took aim Friday at an alleged penny stock fraudster's bid to escape its proposed injunctions because his purported misconduct was too long ago, saying his argument would lead to an "absurd implication" related to a Third Circuit ruling reviving the agency's suit.

  6. February 18, 2020

    Ex-Informant Aims To Sink SEC's 'Pointless' Stock Plot Suit

    A former government informant is looking to again knock out a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit against him in New Jersey federal court over an alleged $17.2 million pump-and-dump penny stock scheme, saying the purported misconduct is too old to justify the agency's proposed injunctions.

  7. December 13, 2017

    SEC Filed $17M Stock Scheme Suit Too Late, NJ Judge Says

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday tossed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil case against a broker-dealer in an alleged $17.2 million pump-and-dump penny stock scheme, ruling that the agency's case came too late for punitive actions.

  8. August 04, 2017

    Broker Says $17M Pump-And-Dump Claims Come Too Late

    A broker-dealer accused in a $17.2 million pump-and-dump scheme told a federal judge Thursday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's switch from seeking monetary penalties to trying to bar him from the industry is an attempt to dodge case law rendering the claims time-barred.

  9. July 21, 2017

    SEC Fights To Keep Alive Suit Over $17M Stock Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that injunctive relief sought against a broker-dealer alleged to have taken part in a $17.2 million pump-and-dump scheme is not a time-barred punishment but a remedy designed to protect the public.

  10. July 03, 2017

    SEC Suit Over $17M Stock Scheme Time-Barred, Broker Says

    A broker-dealer has argued that a lawsuit alleging he took part in a $17.2 million pump-and-dump stock scheme was filed too late in New Jersey federal court by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and should be dismissed, several months after his related criminal charges were tossed for similar reasons.