SEC Bars Advisor for Alleged Role in $15M Ponzi Scheme

Posted on November 4th, 2016 at 12:07 PM
SEC Bars Advisor for Alleged Role in $15M Ponzi Scheme

From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC

The SEC has barred the President, Treasurer, Chief Compliance Officer and shareholder of Veros Partners, Inc. named Matthew D. Haab, pursuant to Section 203(f) of the Advisors Act.

The SEC’s complaint alleged that in 2013 and 2014 Haab fraudulently raised at least $15 million in two separate farm loan private offerings from at least 80 investors. In turn, Haab used the money from the offerings to pay investors in other offerings.  Most of the victims were clients of Veros.

Haab was a registered investment adviser from July 2006 to December 2015. 

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