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Pump and dump conspirators sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
The four people who conspired in a pump and dump scheme were delivered their sentences at the Sydney District Court, ASIC said. Larisa Quinlan, Kurt Stuart, Emma Summer, and Syed Yusef have been sentenced to between 14 months and two years' imprisonment ...

Telegram pump and dump schemers plead guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Almost a year after criminal charges were brought against them, four people who were part of the 'ASX Pump and Dump Group' have pleaded guilty. In July 2024, four individuals were charged with conspiracy to commit market rigging and false trading, to ...

Charges brought against ASX pump and dump group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
Four people have been criminally charged after an ASIC investigation identified them as key members of a Telegram group named the 'ASX Pump and Dump Group.' Syed Yusuf, Larissa Quinlan, Emma Summer, and Kurt Stuart have been charged with conspiracy ...

Microcap manipulators caught out

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... a range of penalties including permanent injunctions, disgorgement plus prejudgment interest, civil penalties, and penny stock bars against the individual defendants as well as officer-and-director bars against Knight and Flores. The U.S. Attorney's ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... The company which claimed to use its software to make promotional videos for small business owners rose from being a penny stock in June that year to crossing $3 a share by December. At one point in 2017, it was up 1,383% since the start of that year. ...

Disgraced lobbyist charged

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... court approval, Abramoff has agreed to a settlement imposing permanent injunctions, officer and director, industry and penny stock bars. He will be forced to pay back the US$50,000 in commissions he received, plus interest of US$5501, and awaits further ...

SEC charges COVID-19 microcap scammers

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Commission allege the scheme, boosted by promotional campaigns, generated more than $37 million (US$25 million) from penny stock sales. One such promotion wrongly claimed that a heated clothing company could produce medical quality facemasks in response ...

COVID-19 inspires pump and dump scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
A Californian penny stock trader is in trouble with the law after he claimed a company he was trading stocks in had developed a special COVID-19 test. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Jason Neilson, saying ...

Whistleblowers rewarded US $570k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... through monetary sanctions paid to the SEC by securities law violators. Separately, the SEC charged an unregistered penny stock dealer with failing to register as a securities dealer. Justin Keener of JMJ Financial allegedly bought and sold billions ...

Six charged in micro pump and dump scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... The SEC is seeking permanent injunctions, disgorgement of allegedly ill-gotten gains plus interest, penalties, and penny stock bars.
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