• 21 May 2009 at 2:07 PM

The SEC To The Rescue!

The SEC gets a bad rap. This is because they richly deserve it. For years they have concentrated on petty frauds at the expense of actually uncovering massive, systemically dangerous shenanigans, even when led directly to them. However, it would be rude to call them irredeemable. They do, after all, provide very entertaining copy on occasion:

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight participants in a penny stock manipulation ring that allegedly pumped the market prices of at least four stocks and generated more than $6.2 million in illicit profits when they dumped shares on the market.
The SEC alleges that Pawel Dynkowski, who resided in Newark, Del., carried out the market manipulation schemes with others he met through a penny stock web site InvestorsHub.com, which is operated by Matthew Brown of Aliso Viejo, Calif.

We have to admit, we were somewhat bored reading these materials, until some details emerged. To wit:

The SEC alleges that Dynkowski personally saw to it that the manipulative trading was coordinated with misleading press releases from the company, and in some instances he wrote the press releases for Asia Global himself. According to the SEC’s complaint, Dynkowski instructed Brown on Aug. 24, 2006, to have Asia Global issue a press release hyping the company’s second quarter 2006 financial results and to “make it sound ENORMOUS.” On September 1, Asia Global issued a press release claiming that its profits for July 2006 were 745 percent greater than its profits for July 2005.

Or perhaps:

Furthermore, according to the SEC’s complaint, Asia Global issued a press release on Feb. 6, 2007, claiming that its subsidiary had just received a license to produce 104 episodes of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in China.

We don’t know about the rest of you, but we sleep better at night knowing the SEC people are on the wall somewhere. Locked and loaded.
SEC Charges Eight Participants in Penny Stock Manipulation Ring [SEC.gov]

Comments (12)

  1. Posted by guest | May 21, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    8190
    -Dynkowski

  2. Posted by guest | May 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    TNX up almost 5%, dollar getting spanked, means it’s time to visit the local gold and ammo depot.
    ~the Muleskinner~

  3. Posted by guest | May 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    My poker face
    my my my poker face

  4. Posted by guest | May 21, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Annabel Vartanian

  5. Posted by guest | May 21, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    The Guy From Delaware is unmasked!

  6. Posted by HeadlessHorseman | May 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    In a related note, Timmaaayy Sykes continues to operate unimpeded while he perplexes and utterly befuddles top SEC investigators by employing new and innovative diversionary tactics including:
    Positioning his thumb between his fingers and proclaiming that he’s got someone’s nose….
    …pointing at an investigator’s shirt while inquiring to the nature of a non-existient stain before flicking his target in the face…
    …falsely noting that an investigator’s shoes are untied and then ditching him using the nearest stairwell

  7. Posted by guest | May 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM

    Ha. Everyone knew about that fraud. Because Asian anything does not equal Enormous. What investor didn’t know that?

  8. Posted by guest | May 25, 2009 at 5:46 PM

    And, just to let you know how utterly amateur hour these clowns were, this is their idea of a vacation:
    http://wiffenproof.angelfire.com/ihub/mattsfunweekend.html

  9. Posted by guest | May 26, 2009 at 5:38 PM

    And, Just think these kids are still ripping people off: they can even steal your passwords and pump and dump.
    search query: Nathan Michaud: Boston
    Nathan Michaud
    InvestorsLives, Inc., President
    http://www.investorslive.com/
    http://jamnbryan.elance.com/
    Ongoing development of ExploreAnywhere’s computer monitoring software technologies. Software secretly records keystrokes, screen shots, chats, e-mails, and more. Products are offered in retail and have been reviewed an recommended by Consumer Guide, PC Magazine, Fortune, BBC World News and many more.

  10. Posted by guest | June 17, 2009 at 1:36 AM

    I am awestuck…thank you for the article, the photos were extra special. What a putz.

  11. Posted by guest | June 17, 2009 at 1:36 AM

    I am awestuck…thank you for the article, the photos were extra special. What a putz.

  12. Posted by guest | July 5, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6N343B73U
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjmKMwOPHZU
    Matt Brown aka Shawn Houston
    hang out….Jack Daniels
    and coke
    Final Inning the
    9048 Sheridan Rd
    Kenosha, WI 53143 Map
    * (262) 694-7395
    Tall, ugly guy, ugly tattoo
    on left arm.

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