{"id":2759,"date":"2016-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/sec-files-complaint-registered-brokers-tricking-investors-buying-coconut-creek-florida-based-forcefield-energy-inc\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:39:20","slug":"sec-files-complaint-registered-brokers-tricking-investors-buying-coconut-creek-florida-based-forcefield-energy-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/sec-files-complaint-registered-brokers-tricking-investors-buying-coconut-creek-florida-based-forcefield-energy-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Files Complaint Against Registered Brokers After Tricking Investors Into Buying Coconut Creek, Florida-Based ForceField Energy, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a> (the \u201cSEC\u201d) filed charges against 10 individuals, five of which were registered brokers, involved in schemes to trick investors into buying shares of ForceField Energy Inc.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint, the schemes involved ForceField\u2019s then-chairman, Richard St. Julien, steering these registered brokers to sell the Coconut Creek, Florida-based company by bribing them with money and other benefits.\u00a0 All of these \u201cbenefits\u201d were covertly given to the registered representatives, with the parties going so far as communicating with prepaid disposable \u201cburner\u201d phones and encrypted, content-expiring text messages.<\/p>\n

The registered representatives included Richard L. Brown, Gerald J. Cocuzzo (CRD# 4047511)<\/a> of Newbridge Securities Corporation, Naveed A. (Nick) Khan (CRD# 4615944)<\/a> of Meyers Associates, Maroof Miyana (CRD# 4513966)<\/a> of\u00a0 Legend Securities, and Pranav V. Patel (CRD# 130645)<\/a> of Dawson James.<\/p>\n

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the \u201cSEC\u201d) filed charges against 10 individuals, five of which were registered brokers, involved in schemes to trick investors into buying shares of ForceField Energy Inc. 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