George S. Canellos

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 4:44 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The SEC has gone to federal court in the Central District of California, accusing a former KPMG “lead partner” and auditor of KPMG’s Herbalife account of insider trading by providing nonpublic information on Herbalife and other companies to a golfing buddy. Scott London, 50, of Agoura Hills, Calif., was fired […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: So, you recognize the power of the names of  Groupon and Facebook and want to trade on their magnetism to drive traffic to your purported “opportunity” — and you want to further sanitize your scheme by describing yourself as a philanthropist and trading on the name of a charity such as the American […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: A bizarre case featuring spectacular allegations of Ponzi fraud coupled with verbal strong-arming of victims is unfolding in New York. Three people have been arrested by federal agents, and the SEC has filed an emergency action in federal court to halt what it described as a “green-product themed Ponzi scheme” […]

BULLETIN: A recidivist securities offender in Florida and his business partner in New York have been charged by the SEC with fraud in a case that alleges they pumped an IPO that never happened. Charged in the civil case were George Garcy, 54, of Aventura, Fla., and Angelo Cuomo, 62, of Staten Island, N.Y. Garcy […]

A Long Island, N.Y.-based broker ripped off  “a congregation of mostly elderly nuns in the Bronx” in a churning scheme in which he repeatedly executed trades that eroded the value of two accounts held by the Sisters of Charity to line his own pockets, the SEC said. Paul George Chironis, 58, of Melville, N.Y.,  has […]

BULLETIN: The SEC has charged attorney Jonathan Star Bristol with aiding and abetting the Ponzi and fraud scheme of convicted swindler Kenneth Ira Starr, the so-called “financial adviser to the stars.” Starr pleaded guilty to securities fraud, wire fraud and money-laundering in September. Among his former clients were former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, […]

UPDATED 9:31 A.M. EDT (U.S.A.) Saying Guy Albert de Chimay and his unregistered investment-advisory business “simply stole” clients’ funds while telling investors their money was safe with the “U.S. investment arm of the Chimay royal family of Belgium,” the SEC has gone to court in New York to halt what it described as a massive […]

BULLETIN: Five people have been arrested in New York on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud. Their preliminary court appearances  are occurring now — and the allegations in the case are spectacular. Separately, the SEC has gone to federal court in New York to obtain an emergency court order freezing the […]