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Necoechea alone sold 22 million unregistered shares to the public through an unregistered firm he controlled, according to the agency. He is not a registered broker with the National Association of Securities Dealers. Regulatory filings indicate that a Tony Necoechea twice failed his brokerage exams in the 1990s while with Desert Mountain Securities, a penny stock brokerage that handled the stocks promoted by Melvin Lloyd Richards, a San Diego stock tout who ended up in prison. After four days trying to reach Necoechea's lawyer, I gave up.


Someone sent the article to Liz and she said it was not the same Tony Nick "to her knowledge".

but it is.



That was not the case that involved the SEC litigation though - this one was:
SEC litigation - Anthony Necoechea
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2007/lr19958.htm
Permanent bar?
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr19311.htm