Litigation Releases

The list below provides links to litigation releases concerning civil actions brought by the Commission in federal court.

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Date	Respondents
Date: March 15, 2024	Respondents: Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. and Imran Parekh Release No. LR-25950, AAER-4493 See Also: Final Judgment - Evoqua Water Technologies , Final Judgment - Imran Parekh , Partial Judgment - Imran Parekh
Date: March 14, 2024	Respondents: Ismael Zarco Sanchez, et al. Release No. LR-25949 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 12, 2024	Respondents: Roy M. Cook; Jeffrey A. Natrop; Peter S. Renner; James Rudolph and Peter Williams Release No. LR-25948 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: March 11, 2024	Respondents: Ishan Wahi et al. Release No. LR-25947
Date: Feb. 29, 2024	Respondents: Anthony B. Liddle Release No. LR-25946 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Feb. 27, 2024	Respondents: Harmel S. Rayat, RenovaCare, Inc., Jatinder Bhogal Release No. LR-25945 See Also: Final Judgment – Harmel S. Rayat , Final Judgment – Jatinder Bhogal , Final Judgment – RenovaCare, Inc.
Date: Feb. 27, 2024	Respondents: Paul A. Pereira Release No. LR-25944 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Feb. 15, 2024	Respondents: SHE Beverage Company, Inc. et al Release No. LR-25943 See Also: Final Judgment-Dirden , Final Judgment - Rose , Final Judgment - SHE Beverage Company , Final Judgment - Shelby
Date: Feb. 14, 2024	Respondents: Dapilinu Dunbar and Corrie Sampson Release No. LR-25942
Date: Feb. 13, 2024	Respondents: Christopher R. Esposito, et al. Release No. LR-25941 See Also: Final Judgment - Anthony Jay Pignatello
Date: Feb. 12, 2024	Respondents: John Feloni et al. Release No. LR-25940
Date: Feb. 7, 2024	Respondents: Arline E. Woodbury and Joyce L. Holverson Release No. LR-25939 See Also: Final Judgment - Arline E. Woodbury , Final Judgment - Joyce L. Holverson
Date: Feb. 6, 2024	Respondents: Jeffrey Auerbach Release No. LR-25938
Date: Feb. 5, 2024	Respondents: Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin, Jr. Release No. LR-25937
Date: Feb. 2, 2024	Respondents: Brian Sewell and Rockwell Capital Management LLC Release No. LR-25936 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 31, 2024	Respondents: Comer Capital Group, LLC and Brandon L. Comer Release No. LR-25935
Date: Jan. 30, 2024	Respondents: Karen Rosenberger and Joanna Lanni Release No. LR-25934, AAER-4485 See Also: Opinion and Order
Date: Jan. 30, 2024	Respondents: Xue Samuel Lee, a/k/a “Sam” Lee and Brenda Indah Chunga, a/k/a “Bitcoin Beautee” Release No. LR-25933 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 25, 2024	Respondents: Jesus Rodriguez Release No. LR-25932 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 23, 2024	Respondents: Crowd Machine, Inc.; Metavine, Inc.; Craig Sproule; Metavine Pty. Ltd Release No. LR-25931 See Also: SEC Complaint , Amended Final Judgment , Order
Date: Jan. 23, 2024	Respondents: Aryeh Goldstein, Adar Bays, LLC, and Adar Alef, LLC Release No. LR-25930 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 22, 2024	Respondents: Grenda Group, LLC and Gregory M. Grenda Release No. LR-25929 See Also: Opinion and Order
Date: Jan. 18, 2024	Respondents: Prosperity, Investments & Lending, LLC Release No. LR-25928 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 18, 2024	Respondents: J. Jeremy Barbera, et. al. Release No. LR-25927 See Also: Final Judgment - Smith
Date: Jan. 16, 2024	Respondents: Jonathan Farber, Aarif Jamani, Brian Keasberry Release No. LR-25926 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 16, 2024	Respondents: Medsis International, Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25925 See Also: Final Judgment - Medsis International, Inc.
Date: Jan. 11, 2024	Respondents: Shanchun Huang Release No. LR-25924 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 11, 2024	Respondents: David Schottenstein, Kris Bortnovsky, Ryan Shapiro, Sakal Capital Management, LLC, and Sakal U.S. Fund, LLC Release No. LR-25923 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Jan. 5, 2024	Respondents: Gopala Krishnan, Manivannan Shanmugam, Sakthivel Palani Gounder, Nanban Ventures LLC, GSM Eternal LLC (a/k/a Northstars Fintech), Himalayan Fintech LLC, and Centum Fintech LLC (a/k/a Sunshines Fintech) Release No. LR-25922 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 3, 2024	Respondents: Rishi Kapoor; Location Ventures, LLC; URBIN LLC and 20 other related entities Release No. LR-25921 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 3, 2024	Respondents: Gannon Giguiere Release No. LR-25920 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Jan. 3, 2024	Respondents: Carnovale, et al. Release No. LR-25919 See Also: Final Judgment , Litigation Release No. 25685 , Judgment
Date: Dec. 28, 2023	Respondents: Diana Mae Fernandez Release No. LR-25918 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 26, 2023	Respondents: Jonathan Larmore, et al. Release No. LR-25917 See Also: SEC Complaint , Order Appointing Temporary Receiver and Temporarily Freezing Assets and Imposing Litigation Injunction , Temporary Restraining Order
Date: Dec. 19, 2023	Respondents: Laura Tyler Perryman Release No. LR-25916 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 19, 2023	Respondents: Dozy Mmobuosi, et al. Release No. LR-25915, AAER-4479 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 18, 2023	Respondents: Agridime LLC, Joshua Link, and Jed Wood Release No. LR-25914 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 18, 2023	Respondents: Dozy Mmobuosi, et al. Release No. LR-25913, AAER-4478 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 18, 2023	Respondents: Titanium Capital LLC; Henry Abdo; Carol Ann Barsh Release No. LR-25912 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 14, 2023	Respondents: Justin Murphy and Mara Investments LLC Release No. LR-25911 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 14, 2023	Respondents: David Blaszczak, et al. Release No. LR-25910
Date: Dec. 12, 2023	Respondents: GPB Capital Holdings LLC Release No. LR-25909 See Also: Order Appointing Receiver and Imposing Litigation Injunction
Date: Dec. 8, 2023	Respondents: Andrew M. Komarow Release No. LR-25908 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 7, 2023	Respondents: Raymond J. Pirrello, Jr., et al. Release No. LR-25907 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 5, 2023	Respondents: CanaFarma Hemp Products Corp.; Vitaly Fargesen; Igor Palatnik; Frank Barone; Kirill Chumenko Release No. LR-25906 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Dec. 5, 2023	Respondents: Marc E. Wexler Release No. LR-25905
Date: Nov. 29, 2023	Respondents: Andrew DeFrancesco, Marlio Mauricio Diaz Cardona, Carlos Felipe Rezk, Nicola Faukovic, and Catherine DeFrancesco Release No. LR-25904 See Also: SEC Complaint , Judgment - Marlio Mauricio Diaz Cardona , Judgment - Carlos Felipe Rezk
Date: Nov. 28, 2023	Respondents: Joseph M. Dupont et al. Release No. LR-25903 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 22, 2023	Respondents: SAExploration Holdings, Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25902, AAER-4474 See Also: SEC Complaint , Amended SEC Complaint , Final Judgment - Brian A. Beatty , Final Judgment - SAExploration Holdings, Inc.
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Twin Spires Financial LLC, Aaron B. Fletcher, Town of Sterlington, Louisiana, and Vern A. Breland Release No. LR-25901 See Also: Final Judgment - Vern A. Breland , SEC Complaint - Vern A. Breland , SEC Complaint - Aaron B. Fletcher and Twin Spires Financial LLC
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Brite Advisors USA, Inc. Release No. LR-25900 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Michael V. Shustek and Vestin Mortgage LLC Release No. LR-25899
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Rio Tinto plc, Rio Tinto Limited, Thomas Albanese, Guy Elliott Release No. LR-25898
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Nadim Ahmed, Mehreen Shah, NYC Green Transportation Group, LLC, NuRide Transportation Group, LLC, Med Trans EB-5 Fund, LLC, Gravitas NYC Regional Center, LLC, Mona Shah & Associates, PLLC Release No. LR-25897 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 21, 2023	Respondents: Payward, Inc. and Payward Ventures, Inc. Release No. LR-25896 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 17, 2023	Respondents: Alan Z. Appelbaum Release No. LR-25895 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Nov. 16, 2023	Respondents: Marguerite Cassandra Toroian and Bell Rock Capital, LLC Release No. LR-25894
Date: Nov. 15, 2023	Respondents: Matthew Melton Release No. LR-25893 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 15, 2023	Respondents: Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin, Jr. Release No. LR-25892 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 9, 2023	Respondents: John A. Masanotti, Jr. and Middlesex Mortgage Group, LLC Release No. LR-25891 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 8, 2023	Respondents: Premium Point Investments LP et al. Release No. LR-25890 See Also: Final Judgment - Jeremy Shor
Date: Nov. 2, 2023	Respondents: John Hughes Release No. LR-25889 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Nov. 1, 2023	Respondents: SafeMoon LLC, SafeMoon US LLC, Kyle Nagy, Braden John Karony, Thomas Glenn Smith Release No. LR-25888 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 31, 2023	Respondents: SolarWinds Corporation and Timothy G. Brown Release No. LR-25887 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 27, 2023	Respondents: Bruce Schoengood, Medifirst Solutions, Inc., and Joshua Tyrell Release No. LR-25886 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 25, 2023	Respondents: Julie Anne Darrah, et al., Release No. LR-25885 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 19, 2023	Respondents: Thor Technologies, Inc. and David Chin Release No. LR-25884 See Also: Final Judgment
Date: Oct. 18, 2023	Respondents: Harmel S. Rayat, RenovaCare, Inc., Jatinder Bhogal, Jeetenderjit Singh Sidhu, and Sharon Fleming Release No. LR-25883
Date: Oct. 17, 2023	Respondents: Brian Marc Rubin Release No. LR-25882 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 13, 2023	Respondents: Frederick L. Sharp et al., Release No. LR-25881 See Also: Judgment
Date: Oct. 5, 2023	Respondents: Elon R. Musk Release No. LR-25880 See Also: Application
Date: Oct. 4, 2023	Respondents: Matthew M. Motil, et al. Release No. LR-25879 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 3, 2023	Respondents: Zera Financial LLC Release No. LR-25878 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Oct. 2, 2023	Respondents: Shannon Westhead, et al.; ABFP Income Fund Parallel, LLC, et al. Release No. LR-25877 See Also: SEC Complaint - ABFP Income Fund Parallel, LLC, et al. , SEC Complaint - Shannon Westhead, et al.
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Nano-x Imaging Ltd. and Ran Poliakine Release No. LR-25876 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Christofer Shurian; Utah Regional Investment Fund LLC; CCS of Utah, Inc. Release No. LR-25875 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Steven J. Jacobson; Advisor Resource Council Release No. LR-25874 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Stephone N. Patton, Star Oil and Gas Company, Inc., et al. Release No. LR-25873 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Adam R. Long; L2 Capital, LLC; Oasis Capital LLC Release No. LR-25872 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: John Feloni and Stock Squirrel, Inc. Release No. LR-25871 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Luther C. Speight, III and Luther Speight & Company, LLC Release No. LR-25870 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Third Friday Management, LLC and Michael E. Lewitt Release No. LR-25869 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Prager Metis CPAs, LLC, and Prager Metis CPAs LLP Release No. LR-25868 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 29, 2023	Respondents: Bin Hao and Qidian LLC Release No. LR-25867 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2023	Respondents: Anne Pramaggiore Release No. LR-25866 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2023	Respondents: Arline E. Woodbury and Joyce L. Holverson Release No. LR-25865 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2023	Respondents: Ronald E. Filoramo Release No. LR-25864 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2023	Respondents: Michael Blumer, John Kuprianchik, David Page, Steven Thompson, Joseph Todaro Release No. LR-25863 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2023	Respondents: Marco A Perez, Pedro Perez Jr., and Olivia Perez Durbin Release No. LR-25862 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2023	Respondents: Anthony Viggiano, Stephen A. Forlano, Christopher Salamone, and Nathan Bleckley Release No. LR-25861 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 28, 2023	Respondents: Edward O'Donnell and Victor Bozzo Release No. LR-25860 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2023	Respondents: Robert Del Prete Release No. LR-25859 See Also: Judgment
Date: Sept. 27, 2023	Respondents: Pedram Abraham Mehrian, Strategic Legacy Investment Group, Inc. and SLIG High-Interest Liquid Savings Company Release No. LR-25858 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2023	Respondents: Adam E. Levin; Rick Bentley Release No. LR-25857 See Also: SEC Complaint - Adam E. Levin , SEC Complaint - Rick Bentley
Date: Sept. 27, 2023	Respondents: Charles Tralka, Thomas Braegelmann, Matthew Sullivan, Jordan Goodman, Good Steward Capital Management, Inc., and Robert L. Barr Release No. LR-25856 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 27, 2023	Respondents: Hyzon Motors Inc., Craig M. Knight, and Max C.B. Holthausen Release No. LR-25855 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 26, 2023	Respondents: Intrusion Inc. Release No. LR-25854 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 26, 2023	Respondents: Philip Verges, James D. Tilton, Jr., Robert F. Malin, Linda Malin, and Blue Citi, LLC, Defendants, and SMEA2Z, LLC, 143 Partners LLC, West Cucharras, LLC, and JDT Trading, LLC, Relief Defendants Release No. LR-25853 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 26, 2023	Respondents: The Diamond Desk Corporation; Adam J. Lowe Release No. LR-25852 See Also: SEC Complaint
Date: Sept. 25, 2023	Respondents: Stephen L. Bailey, Sapphire Exploration LLC, and Harris Exploration Inc. Release No. LR-25851 See Also: SEC Complaint