December 03, 2025
A New York federal judge on Wednesday approved a $125,000 civil penalty against the former chief science officer of BioZone Pharmaceuticals Inc. for his alleged involvement in a purported pump-and-dump scheme involving the company's stock.
July 19, 2024
A New York federal judge ordered the CEO of bitcoin mining firm MGT Capital Investments Inc. to pay a $1.1 million civil penalty for making misstatements in contribution to an alleged pump-and-dump scheme, even though the defendant had argued the impact of his statements on investors was negligible.
October 02, 2023
A New York federal judge has granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission some wins in its suit against the CEO of bitcoin mining firm MGT Capital Investments Inc. over his alleged involvement in a $27 million pump-and-dump scheme, saying the SEC has plausibly alleged that Robert Ladd made material misstatements that constituted fraud.
November 22, 2022
The CEO of bitcoin mining firm MGT Capital Investments asked a New York federal judge on Monday to toss four claims against him in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over his alleged involvement in a $27 million pump-and-dump scheme.
January 28, 2021
A Manhattan federal judge trimmed some claims Wednesday against the CEO of bitcoin mining firm MGT Capital Investments from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit alleging the executive had a hand in a $27 million pump-and-dump scheme.
March 10, 2020
Three Florida men, including the former CEO of a blockchain company, along with their investment companies, have agreed to pay sums totaling nearly $3.5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims that they participated in a $27 million pump-and-dump scheme, according to documents filed in federal court in New York.
February 25, 2020
A New York federal judge on Monday dismissed some claims faced by the CEO of a bitcoin mining company but otherwise preserved the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations of his involvement in a $27 million pump-and-dump scheme.
July 12, 2019
Four defendants, including the "prime strategist" in an alleged $27 million pump-and-dump scheme, have entered into settlements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that will bar most of them permanently from trading in penny stocks, the agency announced on Friday.
June 20, 2019
Two men on Wednesday asked to be freed from an enforcement action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they said does not specify what role they actually played in an alleged $27 million pump-and-dump scheme.
February 07, 2019
A Florida businessman and a hedge fund involved in a $27 million stock manipulation scheme allegedly masterminded by a former chairman of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and a blockchain company's CEO must fork over a combined $2.3 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a New York federal judge ruled on Wednesday.