What Can RIAs Learn About the SEC’s Ponzi Scheme Charges?

On February 4, 2021, the SEC charged three individuals and their affiliated entities with running an alleged Ponzi scheme that raised over $1.7 billion from securities issued by an asset management firm and Registered Investment Adviser (RIA). Approximately 4,000 of the 17,000 retail investors defrauded were seniors. According to the SEC’s complaint, the defendants told […]