Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gel Direct Trust et al

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Case Number:

1:22-cv-09803

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Judge:

Jed S. Rakoff

Government Agencies

  1. August 26, 2024

    SEC Inks $946K Settlement In Unregistered Broker Case

    A trust and its co-owners have agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil penalties totaling $946,000 to resolve allegations they operated as unregistered broker-dealers when helping to facilitate more than $1.2 billion in securities transactions by penny stock issuers. 

  2. April 02, 2024

    Rakoff Says SEC Can't Get Early Win For Broker Claim

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can't get a partial early win for its allegation that a trust violated registration provisions of the federal securities laws because genuine questions remain about whether the defendants were actually acting as unregistered brokers, a Manhattan federal judge has determined.