wannabeeriche
1 week ago
From at least June 2017 to June 2022, Defendantsāled by Philip Vergesāperpetrated a scheme to pump and dump into the market more than $112 million of stock in certain penny stock companies. Verges designed the scheme so that Blue Citi (owned by R. Malin and L. Tilton (in his individual capacity), JDT (owned by Tilton), and other accomplices that Verges nominated (the āOther Nomineesā; collectively with Blue Citi, Tilton, and JDT, the āNomineesā) received heavily discounted shares in five penny stock companies: Alternet Systems, Inc. (āALYIā), Priority Aviation, Inc. (āPJETā), Puration, Inc. (āPURAā), Vaycaychella, Inc. (āVAYKā), and WaterPure International, Inc. (āWPURā) (collectively, the āPSCsā and individually, a āPSCā). The Nominees ultimately received at least 5.2 billion shares of stock in the PSCs at an 86.64% discount and then proceeded to dump those shares into the market. Blue Citi, Tilton, and JDT alone generated more than $52 million in trading proceeds.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION Case No.: 3:23:cv-02146
janice shell
3 months ago
Durland is quite well known for his involvement in the Pegasus scam. That was years ago, but it was a gigantic embarrassment for the Nasdaq. They did NO vetting at all of Jay Knabb when they listed Pegasus.
And a LOT of journalists and ordinary people knew about his earlier scam, and wasted no tie letting the Nasdaq know. The stock was delisted in record time. But it took the SEC years to get around to making a case against them:
https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-21060
The predecessor company was called "OTC Wireless", and Knabb had worked for it briefly, but memorably, in 2002. The whole thing was a complete mess. See the complaint:
https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/complaints/2009/comp21060.pdf
janice shell
3 months ago
Nope. Not good at all...
Stephen Durland
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 26075 / August 13, 2024
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stephen Durland, No. 3:24-cv-02062 (N.D. Tex. filed Aug. 13, 2024)
SEC Charges Former New York CPA in Penny-Stock Fraud Scheme
https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26075
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a complaint against North Carolina resident Stephen Durland, formerly a certified public accountant licensed in New York, for his role in an alleged $112 million pump-and-dump scheme orchestrated by Texas resident Philip Verges. The Commission previously filed charges against Verges and others on September 26, 2023, for their roles in the alleged scheme.
The Complaint:
https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/complaints/2024/comp26075.pdf
The penny companies were Alternet Systems (ALYI), Priority Aviation (PJET), and Vaycaychella, Inc. (VAYK).
BottomBounce
2 years ago
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