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29 Jan

Judge Rules SEC can’t sue MGT CEO for whatever they want in Honig Pump & Dump case: $MGTI

A New York federal judge threw out the Securities and Exchange Commission's additional claims of MGT's CEO, Robert Ladd, using his father's stock trading account to benefit himself unbeknownst to MGT Capital Investment shareholders. But it's not all rosy for the Bitcoin CEO because Judge Ramos ruled on January 27th that the SEC's claims of fraud against Ladd for allegedly knowing Barry Honig and his associates traded as an undisclosed group of affiliates to manipulate the stock price can go … Continue

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30 Dec

Judge says Team Honig could’ve acted with Scienter in $RIOT Securities Fraud lawsuit

Shareholders in a bitcoin company called RIOT Blockchain scored a win last week when New Jersey judge, Zahid Quraishi, ruled Barry Honig & his cohorts can be added back as named defendants in the securities fraud suit filed in New Jersey federal court. Previously the federal court had dismissed without prejudice defendant Honig, Andy Defrancesco's wife Catherine, John Stetson, and Mark Groussman because the shareholder lawsuit didn't plead what is called scienter (intent) to hold the investor … Continue

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5 Nov

Laidlaw & Co. Lawyer Warned of Sanctions in Black Stockbroker Employment Retaliation lawsuit

An attorney for Laidlaw & Co was warned he could be sanctioned by SDNY’s Judge Woods today in an employment relationation lawsuit involving an African American stockbroker, George Calhoun, who sued the New York-based broker dealer for racial discrimination and having to work in a hostile environment. The attorney, Christopher Milazzo, of CMP LLP, and […]

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22 Oct

Barry Honig allegedly set up Undisclosed promotion in Majesco $Cool $PTE to influence Stock price

In September 2015 Barry Honig arranged for a stock list promotor to write favorable analysis on a company called Majesco ($COOL) and distribute it to thousands of main street investors, according to people interviewed by this reporter and familiar with the transaction. To allegedly get around SEC disclosure rules Honig promised to pay the promoter […]

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19 Oct

Honig’s attorney Kesner Gets out of paying Baker Botts attorney fees in Frivolous Lawsuit: $MBVX

MabVax’s lawyers, Baker Botts, are not going to be able to collect attorney fees for the allegedly frivolous lawsuit Barry Honig’s deal attorney, Harvey Kesner, filed against the firm in purportedly retaliation for Baker Botts suing Kesner’s clients, like Honig, for their alleged role in manipulating the stock of Mabvax and destroying the company asset […]

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24 Sep

Barry Honig’s law firm SRF llp pays out in Malpractice Settlement : $MBVX

Attorney Harvey Kesner and his former law firm Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP have agreed to payoff MabVax Therapeutics for Kesner’s alleged role in committing malpractice tied to a securities fraud pump and dump scheme led by his client Barry C. Honig. MabVax’s bankruptcy judge approved the settlement on September 15 because it was an amount […]

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11 Aug

Laidlaw Executives who settled Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Accused of new Retaliation

New York broker dealer Laidlaw & Company has been sued in federal court for violating a confidential settlement over a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a black broker who worked in their New York office from 2013-2019. The lawsuit filed on August 6, 2020 says Laidlaw agreed to pay George Calhoun $650,000 for workplace violations […]

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25 Jun

Attorney Harvey Kesner sanctioned in Frivolous Lawsuit relating to MabVax: $MBVX

UPDATE July 17,2020: Harvey Kesner has dismissed his $35 million lawsuit against law firm Baker Botts and attorney Johnathan Shapiro for allegedly getting him fired when they told his former law partners that among other things they found attorney Kesner had assisted in a coverup for MabVax in a regulator investigation. Kesner’s attorney is Steven […]

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