{"id":7876,"date":"2019-02-21T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=7876"},"modified":"2019-02-22T16:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T21:02:59","slug":"wintercap-sa-international-fraud-scheme-that-allegedly-generated-more-than-165-million-of-illegal-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wintercap-sa-international-fraud-scheme-that-allegedly-generated-more-than-165-million-of-illegal-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintercap SA International Fraud Scheme That Allegedly Generated More Than $165 Million of Illegal Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FINRA-Permanently-Bars-Gary-Eugene-Donovan-for-Stock-Manipulation-300x200\"The SEC obtained a preliminary injunction against two individuals and their companies on October 26, 2018. The fraudulent actions of these individuals resulted in more than $165 million of illegal sales and stock in at least 50 microcap companies.<\/p>\n

According to the SEC, U.K. citizen Roger Knox and his Swiss-based company, Wintercap SA, was involved in antifraud and violating federal securities laws. German citizen Michael T. Gastauer and six of his entities were involved in aiding and abetting Knox and Wintercap’s violations of the same provisions. The court had originally entered a temporary restraining order and asset freeze on October 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

The SEC’s complaint states that Knox and Wintercap aided microcap securities holders in evading federal securities laws that restrict sales by large shareholders. Knox and Wintercap gave anonymous access to brokerage accounts in order to sell shares in the U.S. market. They also helped sellers conceal the amount of stock they wanted to sell. Gastauer allegedly established several U.S. corporations to aid and abet the fraud, and allowed Knox to use certain bank accounts to distribute the proceeds of his illegal stock sales.<\/p>\n

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The SEC obtained a preliminary injunction against two individuals and their companies on October 26, 2018. The fraudulent actions of these individuals resulted in more than $165 million of illegal sales and stock in at least 50 microcap companies. 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