The SEC claimed that Hughe Duwayne Graham, Donald Lee Howard and Larry Louis Matyas collectively made more than $920,000 in commissions for soliciting investors about purchasing stock in U.S. Lighting Group.
The deal with Stavis & Cohen Financial, which has about $570 million in assets, will bring CI Financial's total U.S. assets to about $13 billion, and its North American assets will total $59 billion.
Terrence Chalk used the alias 'Dr. Terrence Cash' to keep clients from learning about his criminal record and convinced retirees to invest their savings, which he used for his own expenses, according to the SEC.
The division will begin hosting online seminars on financial investment education and wealth literacy, and will bolster partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).