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A San Diego-based Biotech company named in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s stock manipulation case against small-cap investor Barry C. Honig has come out swinging by naming another hedge fund that’s allegedly part of the Team Honig pump and dump ring. In a lawsuit filed in Superior Court of California this week, MabVax Therapeutics Holdings […]
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Update: On May 9th CoolTech ($AWSM) announced in an 8-K it received a SEC subpoena asking about its unusual trading activity in September 2018. Defrancesco hired a New York based lawyer from Quinn Emanuel, Alex Spiro, to represent him in the matter after U.S. regulators were also asking inquires about Andy. Original Text This week […]
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A Ruskin, Florida produce farm turned Marijuana farm is mirrored in controversy since Andy DeFrancesco and his side-kick Brady Cobb showed up in 2018 with promises of making the original investors of the pot farm get rich quick if they sold. The farm is called 3 Boys Farm. The plan consisted of selling the farm […]
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UPDATE 3.29.19: BioZone executive Brian Keller has also settled with the SEC. Judge Ramos approved the settlement today which bars Keller from participating in penny stock offerings and from being a director or officer of a penny stock company. Keller has a PHD and was the Chief Scientific Officer of Biozone. Original Text A member […]
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A bio-pharma company based in Massachusetts is the newest stock to be tied to a ring of small cap fraudsters lead by Barry Honig. Yesterday I reported Eloxx Pharmaceuticals ($ELOX) is being sued for fraud in relation to a securities transaction from 2017 that directly involves accused pump and dumpster Barry Honig and Philip Frost. […]
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UPDATE: 10.3.19 – Gordon Caplan was sentenced to one month in jail and agreed to a suspension of his law license while the NY Bar investigates. Federal prosecutors had asked the judge for eight month of jail time. UPDATE 4.5.19: Gordon Caplan is the first parent to admit guilt. His attorney circulated this statement today: […]
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