May 08, 2026
A California businessman accused of running a Ponzi-like scheme with money clients gave him to invest in the cannabis industry will pay $1.6 million to end the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement action, according to a recently entered judgment.
June 30, 2025
A California businessman accused of running a Ponzi-like scheme with money clients gave him to invest in the cannabis industry has agreed to not fight U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to hit him with penalties or confiscate his allegedly ill-gotten gains.
July 24, 2024
A California private equity fund ran a Ponzi-like scheme, using much of $37 million raised from investors to pay other shareholders instead of putting the money into cannabis companies, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a California federal court this week.