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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Knox et al

  1. January 29, 2025

    German National Again Ordered To Pay $4.6M In Fraud

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday ordered a German national to hand over $4.6 million in profits and interest from a multinational pump-and-dump scheme, money that the government says was parked overseas by his son.

  2. October 24, 2024

    SEC Says German On Hook For $4.6M Tied To Fraud Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a judge on Thursday to reinstate a $3.3 million disgorgement order, plus $1.3 million in interest, against a German national who allegedly received proceeds from a multinational pump-and-dump scheme.

  3. August 08, 2024

    SEC Wins Jurisdiction Over German As Sanction For Default

    A German national who the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says has ignored discovery requests in its attempt to recover proceeds from a $150 million international pump and dump scheme involving his son is subject to personal jurisdiction in the U.S., a Boston federal judge ordered as a sanction.

  4. July 15, 2024

    SEC Says German Flouting Discovery In $150M Fraud Probe

    A German national suspected of receiving proceeds of a $150 million "pump and dump" scheme from his son can't pick and choose when to avail himself of U.S. legal processes, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday as it seeks to recover funds.

  5. May 17, 2024

    SEC Can Try To Show Jurisdiction Over German In $3M Claim

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will be allowed to pursue evidence to support its case for disgorgement of $3.3 million in allegedly ill-gotten gains from a German man whose son was implicated in a $150 million pump-and-dump scheme, a federal judge in Boston ruled on Thursday.

  6. October 07, 2022

    German Man Ordered To Return $3M In Son's Ill-Gotten Gains

    A German man was sanctioned Friday for failing to appear in a video deposition to suss out his role in an alleged $150 million pump-and-dump scheme and ordered to return $3.3 million in laundered funds he allegedly received from his son.

  7. October 31, 2019

    Relative Of Accused Fraudster Agrees To Pay SEC $736K

    A relative of an entrepreneur accused of participating in a purported $165 million global pump-and-dump scheme agreed to return $736,000 in allegedly illicit profits to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Massachusetts federal court Thursday.

  8. June 04, 2019

    SEC Opposes Case Delay For Firms Tied To $165M Fraud

    The companies that a British broker is accused of using to cover up his $165 million global pump-and-dump scheme should not be allowed to pause a civil suit while the suspected fraudster's criminal case moves forward, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday.

  9. May 09, 2019

    Firms Tied To UK Fraudster Must Face Stock Dump Claims

    The companies allegedly used as cover for British broker Roger "Rocket" Knox's $165 million global pump-and-dump scheme must face charges they aided and abetted securities fraud, a Boston federal judge said Thursday as he denied their motion to dismiss.

  10. October 26, 2018

    UK Broker's Assets Frozen In SEC Pump-And-Dump Case

    A Massachusetts federal judge ordered an asset freeze Friday on more than 100 accounts in 33 banks around the globe believed to be connected with a British man's alleged $164 million pump-and-dump scheme.