To our bad guys, 2019 was a year flush with hope and opportunity; it ended with recidivism, more misery from Venezuela, a charlatan, an Okie who pulled a multi-million dollar fast-one on Chesapeake and, as in years past, a...more
1/16/2020
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Let’s look back at a cavalcade of crooks, criminals and miscreants who met up with justice in 2016. We do it to be reminded of the others who will be lurking in the 2017 shadows....more
1/6/2017
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We discussed SEC v. Arcturus et al last week and promised more. Here it is.
Did defendants commit securities fraud?
It doesn’t matter. Violations of Sections 5 of the Securities Act and 15.A of the Exchange Act are...more
Parvizian controlled Arcturus and Aschere, buying and selling interests in drilling projects. Each project had a managing venturor which supervised the project. Each venture included a confidential information memorandum,...more