Securities and Exchange Commission v. MintBroker International, Ltd. et al

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Case Number:

1:21-cv-21079

Court:

Florida Southern

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Judge:

Beth Bloom

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  1. October 21, 2025

    Ex-FBI Informant Gentile, Firm Now On Hook For $19M To SEC

    A onetime FBI informant and his shuttered, unregistered broker-dealer owe over $19 million total in disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recalculated its interest requests, a Miami federal judge has determined.

  2. September 18, 2025

    Ex-FBI Informant Gentile Owes SEC Over $15.5M, Judge Rules

    A onetime FBI informant and his shuttered, unregistered broker-dealer owe the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission monetary obligations of over $15.5 million before interest, a Miami federal judge has determined, though the defendant's attorneys said Thursday he plans to appeal.

  3. July 22, 2025

    Ex-Informant Gentile Should Pay SEC $15.5M, Judge Says

    A U.S. magistrate judge has recommended that former government informant Guy Gentile pay $15.5 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to register his Bahamas-based brokerage firm with the regulator.

  4. June 14, 2024

    SEC Says Bahamas Firm Was Set Up To Skirt Day Trading Rules

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission opened its case Friday against high-frequency trading expert — and former government informant — Guy Gentile, telling jurors in Florida federal court that he set up a broker-dealer in the Bahamas specifically to evade U.S. day trading regulations designed to protect American investors.

  5. September 02, 2022

    Broker Loses Bid To Toss SEC Suit Citing Bahamian Law

    A Florida federal judge Friday denied a Bahamian broker-dealer's bid to dismiss his company from a civil case alleging he skirted U.S. day trading regulations, saying he has no standing to make the request because the business already defaulted in court.

  6. August 01, 2022

    Fla. Judge Won't Sanction SEC In Suit Against Ex-Informant

    A Florida magistrate judge said Monday she did not see enough evidence to warrant sanctioning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over discovery violations alleged by a former government informant who is accused of running a Bahamas-based broker-dealer designed to evade U.S. day trading regulations.

  7. December 02, 2021

    Ex-Informant Says Florida Court Can't Hear SEC Suit

    A former government informant has told a Florida federal court it lacks jurisdiction over claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he ran a Bahamas-based broker-dealer designed to evade U.S. day trading regulations, claiming he was not involved with the business while living in the Sunshine State.

  8. March 22, 2021

    SEC Sues Trader Who Teased 'F—YOUDOJ' License Plate

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued investor and former government informant Guy Gentile on Monday, alleging the man who once flirted with changing his license plate to "F—YOUDOJ" had intentionally designed securities day trading platform SureTrader to illegally circumvent trading regulations.