The US stories didn't mention it, but the International ones stated that concurrent with the charges, the firm was declared insolvent and placed in Administration.
Registered office address 63 St. Mary Axe, London, England, EC3A 8AA Company status Active Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on 5 September 2012
AHA!! Yes, I think it is. And I just looked up the PM I referred to in my last post. That--beaufortacs.com--was the website my, ah, informant suggested I get in touch with:
The information was passed to me on 20 September 2015. The person I was supposed to write to was Sanjeev.Verma. Supposedly Verma was somehow involved with Kenneth Ciapala.
I never did try getting in touch with him. I wonder if I should let the SEC know about this. Or the FBI.