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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 23495 / March 23, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael Affa, Andrew Affa, Mitchell Brown, Christopher Putnam, and Christopher Nix, Civil Action No. 14-cv-12959 (D. Mass. July 11, 2014)
Judgments Entered Against Five Defendants in Microcap Manipulation Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts today entered judgments by consent against Andrew J. Affa, Michael A. Affa, Mitchell H. Brown, Christopher R. Putnam, and Christopher G. Nix in a fraud action that was filed in July 2014. The fraud involved an attempt to manipulate shares of Boston, Massachusetts-based Amogear Inc. that was caught by an FBI undercover operation.
All five defendants were permanently enjoined from violating the securities antifraud statutes and barred from participating in offerings of penny stock.
The Commission's complaint alleged that defendants knew that Amogear was a shell company without any real operations, but schemed from at least August 2012 to February 2014 to boost the price of its securities and profit by selling their own shares. The planned scheme involved artificially inflating the price of Amogear stock by, among other things, a) issuing news releases and/or promotional materials containing false or exaggerated information, b) generating mass emails containing false or exaggerated information, and c) engaging in undisclosed coordinated trading of the stock, all designed to generate the appearance of demand for the stock and to increase the price of the stock. The next stage of the scheme was planned to be the sale of the stock at artificially high prices to unsuspecting investors. What the defendants did not know was that the FBI controlled Amogear and used it to obtain evidence of attempted stock manipulation. On February 10, 2014, the SEC temporarily suspended trading in Amogear's securities as the attempted stock manipulation was underway.
The judgments in the Commission's action permanently enjoin all defendants from violating Section 17(a)(1) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5(a) and (c) thereunder. The judgments also prohibit all five defendants from participating in any offering of penny stock, pursuant to Section 21(d)(6) of the Exchange Act.
In a parallel criminal action prosecuted by the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office, all five defendants have entered guilty pleas to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and five counts of wire fraud. Michael Affa was sentenced on February 12, 2016; the other defendants await sentencing.
For further information, see Litigation Release Nos. 23469 (Feb. 17, 2016) (M. Affa sentencing) and 23041 (July 11, 2014) (complaint).
You purchase all you want to? I'm cautioning all others!
CEO of CONO convicted. Will be sentenced on June 20, 2016.
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Pacer update 16 May 16 - USA v. Affa et al CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
Date Filed # Docket Text
05/16/2016 183 ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING as to Mitchell Brown. Sentencing reset for 6/20/2016 02:00 PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge William G. Young. (Gaudet, Jennifer) (Entered: 05/16/2016)
United States District Court
District of Massachusetts (Boston)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221-WGY All Defendants
Case title: USA v. Affa et al
Magistrate judge case numbers:
1:14-mj-01051-RBC
1:14-mj-01052-RBC
1:14-mj-01053-RBC
1:14-mj-07112-JCB
Date Filed: 07/23/2014
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (1)
Michael Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
also known as
Michael A. Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
represented by Robert M. Goldstein
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02116
617-742-9015
Fax: 617-742-9016
Email: rmg@goldstein-lawfirm.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (2)
Andrew Affa
also known as
Andrew J. Affa
epresented by Steven E. Losquadro
649 Route 25A
Suite 4
Rocky Point, NY 11778
631-744-9070
Fax: 631-744-9421
Email: losquadrolaw@aol.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
William H. Connolly
Law Offices of William H. Connolly
20 Park Plaza
Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02210
617-542-0200
Email: whc@williamconnollylaw.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (3)
Mitchell Brown
also known as
Mitchell H. Brown
represented by Richard Roth
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: rich@rrothlaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Danielle Pomeraniec
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: danielle@rrothlaw.com
TERMINATED: 06/01/2015
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Robert S. Messinger
Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP
One Marina Park Drive, 15th Flr.
Boston, MA 02210
617-778-9104
Fax: 617-778-9110
Email: robert.messinger@gmail.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (4)
Christopher Putnam
also known as
Christopher R. Putnam
represented by Joshua Robert Hanye
Federal Public Defender's Office
5th Floor
51 Sleeper Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-223-8061
Email: joshua_hanye@fd.org
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Public Defender or Community Defender Appointment
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (5)
Christopher Nix
also known as
Gabe Nix
also known as
Christopher G. Nix
represented by Jonathan L. Kotlier
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2000
Fax: 617-310-9683
Email: jkotlier@nutter.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Andrew R. McArdell
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2339
Email: amcardell@nutter.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Plaintiff
USA
represented by Eric A. Forni
United States Attorney's Office MA
Suite 9200
1 Courthouse Way
Boston, MA 02210
617-573-8827
Email: eric.forni@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Vassili Thomadakis
US Attorney's Office - MA
J. Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Suite 9200
Boston, MA 02210
617-748-3248
Email: vassili.thomadakis@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Andrew J. Palid
Securities and Exchange Commission - MA
33 Arch Street
23rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1424
(617) 573-4540
Email: palida@sec.gov
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
He has already been convicted!
Caution
Look at the intro. The CEO of this company will be sentenced on June 20, 2016. Any share activity is purely contrived for a quick Pump and Dump!
Yes, but still 3 years not 9.
He will be freed in about 3 years.
2damoon1
You of few know how long I have been invested in Ariad.
No doubt in my mind they are trying to hide multiple abuses against shareholders and possible some serious SEC violations. The heat is on them now. They have a very high chance they will have to answer these allegations IMO. After all these years its time the truth came out!
BOD
Long time investor In ARIA.
Sentencing reset until June 20, 2016
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Pacer update 16 May 16 - USA v. Affa et al CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
Date Filed # Docket Text
05/16/2016 183 ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING as to Mitchell Brown. Sentencing reset for 6/20/2016 02:00 PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge William G. Young. (Gaudet, Jennifer) (Entered: 05/16/2016)
United States District Court
District of Massachusetts (Boston)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221-WGY All Defendants
Case title: USA v. Affa et al
Magistrate judge case numbers:
1:14-mj-01051-RBC
1:14-mj-01052-RBC
1:14-mj-01053-RBC
1:14-mj-07112-JCB
Date Filed: 07/23/2014
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (1)
Michael Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
also known as
Michael A. Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
represented by Robert M. Goldstein
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02116
617-742-9015
Fax: 617-742-9016
Email: rmg@goldstein-lawfirm.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (2)
Andrew Affa
also known as
Andrew J. Affa
epresented by Steven E. Losquadro
649 Route 25A
Suite 4
Rocky Point, NY 11778
631-744-9070
Fax: 631-744-9421
Email: losquadrolaw@aol.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
William H. Connolly
Law Offices of William H. Connolly
20 Park Plaza
Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02210
617-542-0200
Email: whc@williamconnollylaw.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (3)
Mitchell Brown
also known as
Mitchell H. Brown
represented by Richard Roth
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: rich@rrothlaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Danielle Pomeraniec
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: danielle@rrothlaw.com
TERMINATED: 06/01/2015
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Robert S. Messinger
Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP
One Marina Park Drive, 15th Flr.
Boston, MA 02210
617-778-9104
Fax: 617-778-9110
Email: robert.messinger@gmail.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (4)
Christopher Putnam
also known as
Christopher R. Putnam
represented by Joshua Robert Hanye
Federal Public Defender's Office
5th Floor
51 Sleeper Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-223-8061
Email: joshua_hanye@fd.org
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Public Defender or Community Defender Appointment
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (5)
Christopher Nix
also known as
Gabe Nix
also known as
Christopher G. Nix
represented by Jonathan L. Kotlier
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2000
Fax: 617-310-9683
Email: jkotlier@nutter.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Andrew R. McArdell
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2339
Email: amcardell@nutter.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Plaintiff
USA
represented by Eric A. Forni
United States Attorney's Office MA
Suite 9200
1 Courthouse Way
Boston, MA 02210
617-573-8827
Email: eric.forni@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Vassili Thomadakis
US Attorney's Office - MA
J. Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Suite 9200
Boston, MA 02210
617-748-3248
Email: vassili.thomadakis@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Andrew J. Palid
Securities and Exchange Commission - MA
33 Arch Street
23rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1424
(617) 573-4540
Email: palida@sec.gov
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
The SEC will keep that information private.
Man sentenced for pitching hedge fund that didn't exists.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/man-sentenced-pitching-hedge-fund-didnt-exist-144626946.html
scion Member Level Tuesday, 05/17/16 11:13:50 AM
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Post # of 108150
Pacer update 16 May 16 - USA v. Affa et al CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
Date Filed # Docket Text
05/16/2016 183 ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING as to Mitchell Brown. Sentencing reset for 6/20/2016 02:00 PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge William G. Young. (Gaudet, Jennifer) (Entered: 05/16/2016)
United States District Court
District of Massachusetts (Boston)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221-WGY All Defendants
Case title: USA v. Affa et al
Magistrate judge case numbers:
1:14-mj-01051-RBC
1:14-mj-01052-RBC
1:14-mj-01053-RBC
1:14-mj-07112-JCB
Date Filed: 07/23/2014
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (1)
Michael Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
also known as
Michael A. Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
represented by Robert M. Goldstein
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02116
617-742-9015
Fax: 617-742-9016
Email: rmg@goldstein-lawfirm.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (2)
Andrew Affa
also known as
Andrew J. Affa
epresented by Steven E. Losquadro
649 Route 25A
Suite 4
Rocky Point, NY 11778
631-744-9070
Fax: 631-744-9421
Email: losquadrolaw@aol.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
William H. Connolly
Law Offices of William H. Connolly
20 Park Plaza
Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02210
617-542-0200
Email: whc@williamconnollylaw.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (3)
Mitchell Brown
also known as
Mitchell H. Brown
represented by Richard Roth
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: rich@rrothlaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Danielle Pomeraniec
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: danielle@rrothlaw.com
TERMINATED: 06/01/2015
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Robert S. Messinger
Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP
One Marina Park Drive, 15th Flr.
Boston, MA 02210
617-778-9104
Fax: 617-778-9110
Email: robert.messinger@gmail.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (4)
Christopher Putnam
also known as
Christopher R. Putnam
represented by Joshua Robert Hanye
Federal Public Defender's Office
5th Floor
51 Sleeper Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-223-8061
Email: joshua_hanye@fd.org
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Public Defender or Community Defender Appointment
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (5)
Christopher Nix
also known as
Gabe Nix
also known as
Christopher G. Nix
represented by Jonathan L. Kotlier
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2000
Fax: 617-310-9683
Email: jkotlier@nutter.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Andrew R. McArdell
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2339
Email: amcardell@nutter.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Plaintiff
USA
represented by Eric A. Forni
United States Attorney's Office MA
Suite 9200
1 Courthouse Way
Boston, MA 02210
617-573-8827
Email: eric.forni@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Vassili Thomadakis
US Attorney's Office - MA
J. Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Suite 9200
Boston, MA 02210
617-748-3248
Email: vassili.thomadakis@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Andrew J. Palid
Securities and Exchange Commission - MA
33 Arch Street
23rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1424
(617) 573-4540
Email: palida@sec.gov
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
Mitchel Brown receives 33 months in prison. 36 months probation $2100.00 in special assessment. 3 million dollar fine.
scion Member Level Monday, 05/16/16 01:23:55 PM
Re: scion post# 107724
Post # of 108123
Pacer update 09 May 16 - USA v. Affa et al CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
Date Filed # Docket Text
05/09/2016 182 NOTICE OF MANUAL FILING of Exhibit A and Exhibit B Recordings by Mitchell Brown re 181 Sentencing Memorandum (Paine, Matthew) (Entered: 05/10/2016)
05/09/2016 181 SENTENCING MEMORANDUM by USA as to Mitchell Brown (Palid, Andrew) (Entered: 05/09/2016)
United States District Court
District of Massachusetts (Boston)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221-WGY All Defendants
Case title: USA v. Affa et al
Magistrate judge case numbers:
1:14-mj-01051-RBC
1:14-mj-01052-RBC
1:14-mj-01053-RBC
1:14-mj-07112-JCB
Date Filed: 07/23/2014
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (1)
Michael Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
also known as
Michael A. Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
represented by Robert M. Goldstein
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02116
617-742-9015
Fax: 617-742-9016
Email: rmg@goldstein-lawfirm.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
]Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (2)
Andrew Affa
also known as
Andrew J. Affa
epresented by Steven E. Losquadro
649 Route 25A
Suite 4
Rocky Point, NY 11778
631-744-9070
Fax: 631-744-9421
Email: losquadrolaw@aol.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
William H. Connolly
Law Offices of William H. Connolly
20 Park Plaza
Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02210
617-542-0200
Email: whc@williamconnollylaw.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (3)
Mitchell Brown
also known as
Mitchell H. Brown
represented by Richard Roth
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: rich@rrothlaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Danielle Pomeraniec
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: danielle@rrothlaw.com
TERMINATED: 06/01/2015
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Robert S. Messinger
Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP
One Marina Park Drive, 15th Flr.
Boston, MA 02210
617-778-9104
Fax: 617-778-9110
Email: robert.messinger@gmail.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (4)
Christopher Putnam
also known as
Christopher R. Putnam
represented by Joshua Robert Hanye
Federal Public Defender's Office
5th Floor
51 Sleeper Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-223-8061
Email: joshua_hanye@fd.org
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Public Defender or Community Defender Appointment
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (5)
Christopher Nix
also known as
Gabe Nix
also known as
Christopher G. Nix
represented by Jonathan L. Kotlier
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2000
Fax: 617-310-9683
Email: jkotlier@nutter.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Andrew R. McArdell
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2339
Email: amcardell@nutter.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Plaintiff
USA
represented by Eric A. Forni
United States Attorney's Office MA
Suite 9200
1 Courthouse Way
Boston, MA 02210
617-573-8827
Email: eric.forni@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Vassili Thomadakis
US Attorney's Office - MA
J. Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Suite 9200
Boston, MA 02210
617-748-3248
Email: vassili.thomadakis@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Andrew J. Palid
Securities and Exchange Commission - MA
33 Arch Street
23rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1424
(617) 573-4540
Email: palida@sec.gov
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
RESET
scion Member Level Tuesday, 05/03/16 02:21:44 PM
Re: scion post# 106779
Post # of 107785
Pacer update 25 Apr 16 - USA v. Affa et al CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
1:14-cr-10221-WGY USA v. Affa et al
1:14-cr-10221-WGY-1 Michael Affa
1:14-cr-10221-WGY-2 Andrew Affa
1:14-cr-10221-WGY-3 Mitchell Brown
1:14-cr-10221-WGY-4 Christopher Putnam
1:14-cr-10221-WGY-5 Christopher Nix
Date Filed # Docket Text
04/25/2016 180 ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING as to Mitchell Brown. Sentencing reset for 5/16/2016 02:00 PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge William G. Young. (Gaudet, Jennifer) (Entered: 04/25/2016)
United States District Court
District of Massachusetts (Boston)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cr-10221-WGY All Defendants
Case title: USA v. Affa et al
Magistrate judge case numbers:
1:14-mj-01051-RBC
1:14-mj-01052-RBC
1:14-mj-01053-RBC
1:14-mj-07112-JCB
Date Filed: 07/23/2014
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (1)
Michael Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
also known as
Michael A. Affa
TERMINATED: 02/19/2016
represented by Robert M. Goldstein
20 Park Plaza, Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02116
617-742-9015
Fax: 617-742-9016
Email: rmg@goldstein-lawfirm.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7) The defendant is sentenced to 33 months in custody of Bureau of Prisons on each count, each count to run concurrently with each other, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release with standard and special conditions. $700 special assessment. $1,000,000 fine.
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (2)
Andrew Affa
also known as
Andrew J. Affa
epresented by Steven E. Losquadro
649 Route 25A
Suite 4
Rocky Point, NY 11778
631-744-9070
Fax: 631-744-9421
Email: losquadrolaw@aol.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
William H. Connolly
Law Offices of William H. Connolly
20 Park Plaza
Suite 1000
Boston, MA 02210
617-542-0200
Email: whc@williamconnollylaw.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (3)
Mitchell Brown
also known as
Mitchell H. Brown
represented by Richard Roth
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: rich@rrothlaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Danielle Pomeraniec
The Roth Law Firm, PLLC
295 Madison Avenue
Floor 22
New York, NY 10017
(212) 542-8882
Fax: (212) 542-8883
Email: danielle@rrothlaw.com
TERMINATED: 06/01/2015
PRO HAC VICE
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Robert S. Messinger
Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP
One Marina Park Drive, 15th Flr.
Boston, MA 02210
617-778-9104
Fax: 617-778-9110
Email: robert.messinger@gmail.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18:371 - CONSPIRACY
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (4)
Christopher Putnam
also known as
Christopher R. Putnam
represented by Joshua Robert Hanye
Federal Public Defender's Office
5th Floor
51 Sleeper Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-223-8061
Email: joshua_hanye@fd.org
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Public Defender or Community Defender Appointment
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Assigned to: Judge William G. Young
Defendant (5)
Christopher Nix
also known as
Gabe Nix
also known as
Christopher G. Nix
represented by Jonathan L. Kotlier
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2000
Fax: 617-310-9683
Email: jkotlier@nutter.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Andrew R. McArdell
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Seaport West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2604
617-439-2339
Email: amcardell@nutter.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Retained
Pending Counts
Disposition
18:371...CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD
(1)
15:78j(b), 78(ff); 17 C.F.R. SEC. 240.10b5; AND 18:2...SECURITIES FRAUD
(2)
18:1343, 1349, AND 2...WIRE FRAUD
(3-7)
Highest Offense Level (Opening)
Felony
Terminated Counts
Disposition
None
Highest Offense Level (Terminated)
None
Complaints
Disposition
18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud.
Plaintiff
USA
represented by Eric A. Forni
United States Attorney's Office MA
Suite 9200
1 Courthouse Way
Boston, MA 02210
617-573-8827
Email: eric.forni@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Vassili Thomadakis
US Attorney's Office - MA
J. Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way
Suite 9200
Boston, MA 02210
617-748-3248
Email: vassili.thomadakis@usdoj.gov
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Designation: Assistant US Attorney
Andrew J. Palid
Securities and Exchange Commission - MA
33 Arch Street
23rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1424
(617) 573-4540
Email: palida@sec.gov
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
https://ecf.mad.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/iquery.pl
Yes Monday 2, May 2016 is sentencing date for Michael Brown. I'm unsure how long it will take Pacer to up load the documents.
He has a good attorney. Judges are lenient to allow people to get all their finical affairs in order before going to prison for a long period of time. Especially a non violent crime.
UP DATE ON OUR CONVICTED FELON CEO MITCHAEL BROWN
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=121947429
I wonder who will take control of CONO since the SEC has banned Mitch from any involvement in any penny stock offering ever again?
03/09/2016 174 ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING as to Mitchell Brown. Sentencing reset for 4/21/2016 02:00 PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge William G. Young. (Gaudet, Jennifer) (Entered: 03/09/2016)
Actually that fairly gracious of Ariad. Most company's give you a pink slip and the address to the Unemployment office.
Link to Yahoo article on Ariads Lay Off.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ariad-announces-reduction-workforce-part-165100068.html
Wednesday, 03/23/16 04:55:43 PM
Re: scion post# 105784
Post # of 105869
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts today entered judgments by consent against Andrew J. Affa, Michael A. Affa, Mitchell H. Brown, Christopher R. Putnam, and Christopher G. Nix in a fraud action that was filed in July 2014. The fraud involved an attempt to manipulate shares of Boston, Massachusetts-based Amogear Inc. that was caught by an FBI undercover operation.
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 23495 / March 23, 2016
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael Affa, Andrew Affa, Mitchell Brown, Christopher Putnam, and Christopher Nix, Civil Action No. 14-cv-12959 (D. Mass. July 11, 2014)
Judgments Entered Against Five Defendants in Microcap Manipulation Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts today entered judgments by consent against Andrew J. Affa, Michael A. Affa, Mitchell H. Brown, Christopher R. Putnam, and Christopher G. Nix in a fraud action that was filed in July 2014. The fraud involved an attempt to manipulate shares of Boston, Massachusetts-based Amogear Inc. that was caught by an FBI undercover operation.
All five defendants were permanently enjoined from violating the securities antifraud statutes and barred from participating in offerings of penny stock.
The Commission's complaint alleged that defendants knew that Amogear was a shell company without any real operations, but schemed from at least August 2012 to February 2014 to boost the price of its securities and profit by selling their own shares. The planned scheme involved artificially inflating the price of Amogear stock by, among other things, a) issuing news releases and/or promotional materials containing false or exaggerated information, b) generating mass emails containing false or exaggerated information, and c) engaging in undisclosed coordinated trading of the stock, all designed to generate the appearance of demand for the stock and to increase the price of the stock. The next stage of the scheme was planned to be the sale of the stock at artificially high prices to unsuspecting investors. What the defendants did not know was that the FBI controlled Amogear and used it to obtain evidence of attempted stock manipulation. On February 10, 2014, the SEC temporarily suspended trading in Amogear's securities as the attempted stock manipulation was underway.
The judgments in the Commission's action permanently enjoin all defendants from violating Section 17(a)(1) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5(a) and (c) thereunder. The judgments also prohibit all five defendants from participating in any offering of penny stock, pursuant to Section 21(d)(6) of the Exchange Act.
In a parallel criminal action prosecuted by the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office, all five defendants have entered guilty pleas to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and five counts of wire fraud. Michael Affa was sentenced on February 12, 2016; the other defendants await sentencing.
For further information, see Litigation Release Nos. 23469 (Feb. 17, 2016) (M. Affa sentencing) and 23041 (July 11, 2014) (complaint).
They are giving them time to tidy up personal issues. They will be in Prison a long time.
Delayed again
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03/09/2016 174 ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING as to Mitchell Brown. Sentencing reset for 4/21/2016 02:00 PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge William G. Young. (Gaudet, Jennifer) (Entered: 03/09/2016)
I think the real question is " Who will run CONO once Mitchel Brown goes to prison? "
Thats the Post of the Day!
Here is what the Judged had to say at sentencing!
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=120751166
The first one has been sentenced. I suspect that Mitch Brown CEO oc CONO will receive the same judgment. # years in prision, 3 years supervised probation and a fine of 1,000,000.00 See link below.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=120744235
As much as I hate it. I have to agree. Are the shorts betting on Ariad BK due to the cash burn, or betting no bid for the company. Neither are good for long holders of Ariad. IMHO I suspect they are looking at the cash burn and overall devaluation. It's hard to believe they would short at these levels, then again, they have been correct over the last 24 months on Ariad?
Bio short intrest list from Sheffs board. Good information.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=119923153
Mitch Browns Judge.
http://www.mad.uscourts.gov/bbc2015/pdf/WGY.pdf
Judge Young comes down hard on Shoe Bomber.
United States v. Reid — Final Statements by Judge Young
Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.
On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutive one with the other. That's 80 years.
On Count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you on each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of $2 million.
The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.
The Court imposes upon you the $800 special assessment.
The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need not go any further.
This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and a just sentence. It is a righteous sentence. Let me explain this to you.
We are not afraid of any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is all too much war talk here. And I say that to everyone with the utmost respect.
Here in this court where we deal with individuals as individuals, and care for individuals as individuals, as human beings we reach out for justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier gives you far too much stature. Whether it is the officers of government who do it or your attorney who does it, or that happens to be your view, you are a terrorist.
And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists.
We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You're a big fellow. But you're not that big. You're no warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted murders.
In a very real sense Trooper Santiago had it right when first you were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and where the TV crews were and you said you're no big deal. You're no big deal.
What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today? I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing.
And I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you. But as I search this entire record it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose.
Here, in this society, the very winds carry freedom. They carry it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that everyone can see, truly see that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely.
It is for freedom's seek that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed appeals, will go on in their, their representation of you before other judges. We care about it. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties.
Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms.
Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. Day after tomorrow it will be forgotten. But this, however, will long endure. Here, in this courtroom, and courtrooms all across America, the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice is in fact being done.
The very President of the United States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged, and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag still stands for freedom. You know it always will. Custody, Mr. Officer. Stand him down.
Origins: On 22 December 2001, Richard Colvin Reid, a 29-year-old British citizen flying as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, attempted to ignite what other passengers described as a wire protruding from one of his shoes. When Reid attacked a flight attendant who confronted him about this suspicious activity, other passengers responded to the commotion and rushed to help subdue him. According to various accounts, one French man reached over the seat to pin Reid's arms as he struggled while other passengers held his legs; a doctor on board sedated Reid while another passenger wielded a fire extinguisher as a weapon. After passengers finally restrained Reid using belts and anything else available for the purpose, they were eventually able to remove his shoe.
What Reid had been trying to ignite was a fuse leading to plastic explosives hidden in the sole of his high-top suede sport shoe — enough
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explosives, prosecutors later maintained, to blow a hole in the fuselage of the plane and kill all 197 people aboard. (His plot failed, authorities speculated, because his shoes were moist from sweat.) Flight 63 was diverted to Boston, where Reid was taken into custody.
As U.S. federal prosecutors prepared their case against "shoe bomber" Reid on eight charges (including attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction), he surprised them in October 2002 by pleading guilty to all charges in order to spare his family pain and publicity. Reid maintained that he was a member of al-Qaida, pledged his support to Osama bin Laden, and declared himself an enemy of the United States. Prosecutors and the FBI said witnesses had reported Reid was present at al-Qaida training camps, and that he had help making the bomb from an al-Qaida bomb maker.
At his hearing on 30 January 2003, Reid was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge William Young. After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his "allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah," defiantly stated "I think I ought not apologize for my actions," and told the court "I am at war with your country." Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted above, a stinging condemnation of Reid in particular and terrorists in general.
Mitch is looking at some serious time in prison in addation to 2x investors loss as a fine! I hope Mitch enjoied Christmas this year. I suspect it will be his last one outside of prison walls for some time to come.
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Mitch Brown CEO of CONO caught in another scheme. He is scheduled to be senentced later this month for his role in a sports company scheme that the FBI set up as a sting.
http://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-attorney-indicted-and-new-jersey-stock-promoter-convicted-stock-manipulation
SS I dissagree 100%. 2damoon is calling them what they are!