Paul Pitsironis allegedly stole more than $400,000 from clients to pay casino gambling debts and credit card bills, according to U.S. Attorney's office.
A federal judge also granted an SEC injunction against David Hu, former CIO of International Investment Group, whose schemes lost $100 million in investors' funds, according to the DOJ.
The DOJ and SEC filed parallel actions against Isaiah Goodman, arguing he used investors' funds for personal expenses and made "Ponzi-like payments" to new investors.
DeLynn Zell left the brokerage world in 2008 to launch an RIA that has grown 17% year over year to $2 billion in AUM. "we could sell this firm by Friday," she jokes, but she and her team want to build a legacy business for the next-generation of...
According to the SEC complaint, the defendants would raise funds from clients without investing them, and would often use them to pay for personal expenses.