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SEC Charges Former Florida Broker in Alternative Investment Scheme

Posted on September 4th, 2019 at 4:18 PM
SEC Charges Former Florida Broker in Alternative Investment Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has charged Boca Raton, Florida resident Scott P. Strochak, a former broker, with making material misrepresentations regarding an investment fund scheme that targeted retail investors, and for acting as an unregistered broker. Strochak participated in a fraudulent scheme that raised nearly $3.8 million from at least 17 retail investors. The SEC halted the scheme in February when it filed an emergency action against Castleberry Financial Services Group, LLC, its president T. Jonathon Turner and its CEO Norman M. Strell.

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