{"id":9959,"date":"2021-05-05T10:23:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=9959"},"modified":"2021-05-05T10:49:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T14:49:28","slug":"sec-charges-another-florida-internet-marketing-company-with-securities-fraud-harbor-city-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/sec-charges-another-florida-internet-marketing-company-with-securities-fraud-harbor-city-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Charges Another Florida Internet Marketing Company With Securities Fraud\u2014Harbor City Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9961 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harbor-City-Capital.jpg\" alt=\"The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Melbourne, Florida resident Jonathan P. Maroney, accusing him of running an ongoing Ponzi scheme through his company Harbor City Capital Corp., LLC and other entities. Although characterized as an internet marketing company, Maroney allegedly structured the company to raise money from investors who would profit from Harbor City Capital\u2019s operations placing ads on the internet.\u00a0 In reality, according to the SEC allegations, Maroney used investor money for his own use and benefit and was operating a Ponzi scheme. The SEC emergency action, filed April 20, 2021, in federal court in the Middle District of Florida, halted the alleged Ponzi scheme and marketing scam that the SEC said was ongoing. Maroney, 50, raised more than $17.1 million by offering fraudulent unregistered securities to finance his business of online \u201ccustomer lead generation campaigns,\u201d in which online sales leads are created and sold to third party businesses. In fact, very little of the capital that Maroney raised through his securities offerings went into this business, the SEC alleges, and was instead misappropriated for Maroney\u2019s personal use, to make payments to entities unrelated to the purported purpose of the offerings, and to keep his Ponzi scheme going. Maroney and two relief defendants, Celtic Enterprises, LLC, a company he runs, as well as Maroney\u2019s wife, Tonya L. Maroney, are charged with violating the antifraud and registration provisions of the federal securities laws. In addition to the emergency relief granted by the Court, the complaint seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions, disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty from each of the defendants.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harbor-City-Capital.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harbor-City-Capital-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Melbourne, Florida resident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/silver-law-group-investigating-alleged-ponzi-scheme-harbor-city-capital-founder-jonathan-p-maroney\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan P. Maroney<\/a>, accusing him of running an ongoing Ponzi scheme through his company Harbor City Capital Corp., LLC and other entities. Although characterized as an internet marketing company, Maroney allegedly structured the company to raise money from investors who would profit from Harbor City Capital\u2019s operations placing ads on the internet. In reality, according to the SEC allegations, Maroney used investor money for his own use and benefit and was operating a Ponzi scheme.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/sec-charges-another-florida-internet-marketing-company-with-securities-fraud-harbor-city-capital\/#more-9959\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Melbourne, Florida resident Jonathan P. Maroney, accusing him of running an ongoing Ponzi scheme through his company Harbor City Capital Corp., LLC and other entities. 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