New York Securities Professional Charged With Fraud

Posted on July 18th, 2016 at 8:48 AM
New York Securities Professional Charged With Fraud

From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged Andrew W.W. Caspersen in connection with his role in defrauding two institutional investors into investing in a shell company by using a deceptive tactic.

According to the SEC complaint, Caspersen solicited approximately $95 million through his offering of promissory notes issued by Irving Place III SPV LLC. The SEC contends that Irving Place III SPV LLC is a shell company conceived only for the purpose of deceiving investors and not to carry out any legitimate business operations. The complaint states that Irving Place III SPV LCC was formed in order to resemble association with the similarly named, legitimate private equity fund Irving Place Capital Partners III SPV, but in reality maintained no relationship or association.

In addition, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that it would bring criminal charges against Caspersen. Andrew M. Calamari said, “As alleged, Caspersen engaged in a brazen fraud by raising money under false pretenses and simply stealing the funds. This action demonstrates that even sophisticated institutional investors are not immune to financial scams.”

The SEC complaint further alleges that Caspersen obtained a $25 million investment from an institutional investor in November 2015 as a result of falsely representing that the investment would be secured by assets in Irving Place Capital Partners III SPV, which was in no way associated with Caspersen’s shell company Irving Place III SPV LLC. The complaint alleges that quickly after receiving the $25 million transfer Caspersen simply stole the funds and diverted them for his personal use.

The SEC is seeking a permanent injunction, return of ill-gotten gains plus interest, and punitive monetary penalties. 

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