SEC Obtains TRO and Asset Freeze Against Alleged Perpetrators of $450 Million Ponzi Scheme

Posted on April 25th, 2022 at 12:21 PM
SEC Obtains TRO and Asset Freeze Against Alleged Perpetrators of $450 Million Ponzi Scheme

From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law:

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged and obtained an asset freeze against numerous Las Vegas-based individuals and entities for allegedly operating a $450 million Ponzi scheme involving purported personal injury settlements. 

The SEC charged some defendants with violations of antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws, other individual defendants with acting as unregistered advisors, and all the defendants with conducting an unregistered securities offering. Attorney Matthew Beasley as well as cohorts Jeffrey Judd and Christopher Humphries falsely informed hundreds of potential investors, including several in their own church community, that they would receive 12.5% quarterly returns by making purportedly risk-free investments in J&J Consulting Services, according to the SEC’s complaint. The SEC alleged that Beasley and Judd launched the company to purportedly advance funds to tort plaintiffs who had agreed to settlements with insurance companies. However, the alleged perpetrators used $449 million generated from investors over a five-year period to instead purchase luxury homes, cars, boats and a private jet, while making Ponzi-style payments to earlier investors. 

The SEC charged Judd, Beasley, Humphries, J&J Consulting Services, Inc. (Nevada), J&J Consulting Services Inc. (Alaska), J and J Purchasing LLC, and Beasley Law Group PC with fraud. Additionally, the SEC charged Judd, Humphries, Shane Jager, Jason Jongeward, Denny Seybert, and Roland Tanner with acting as unregistered advisors. Finally, the entities and individuals named as relief defendants in this action are The Judd Irrevocable Trust, PAJ Consulting Inc, BJ Holdings LLC, Stirling Consulting L.L.C., CJ Investments, LLC, Rocking Horse Properties LLC, Triple Threat Basketball, LLC, ACAC LLC, Anthony Michael Alberto, Jr., and Monty Crew LLC. The SEC’s asset freeze against Beasley and the other defendants prohibits any further misuse of investor funds while the SEC is additionally seeking permanent injunctions and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus interest and penalties. 

Eccleston Law LLC represents investors and financial advisors nationwide in securities, employment, regulatory and disciplinary matters.

 

Tags: eccleston law, sec, ponzi scheme

Return to Archive

TESTIMONIALS

Previous
Next

If the regulators are after you, and are trying to make a case against you, and you are going to contest their allegations against you, make sure you have the best securities industry defense lawyers, Eccleston Law Firm. My case was spun into a combination of penalties including fines, cash settlements, CE courses and suspension. They were the best I have seen in action. When all was said and done, they had done their magic, my situation was negotiated and settled with a simple "letter of caution" and a case closed without action. It is the most important legal business decision you will ever make, make it Eccleston Law.

Rick R.

LATEST NEWS AND ARTICLES

February 25, 2026
Advisors Increase Crypto Allocations as Merrill Lynch Warns of Significant Risks

Financial advisors are placing more client assets into digital currencies, even as major firms caution investors about the asset class's volatility and speculative nature.

February 24, 2026
Merrill Lynch Highlights AI Risks as FINRA Urges Greater Oversight of Emerging Technology

Merrill Lynch has warned that the expanded use of artificial intelligence and machine learning introduces material operational, compliance, and cybersecurity risks for advisory firms.

February 23, 2026
Drive Planning Founder Pleads Guilty to $380 Million Ponzi Scheme

Todd Burkhalter, founder and chief executive officer of Drive Planning LLC, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after admitting he orchestrated a $380 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 2,000 investors.