SEC Sues New York Based Firm and Its Managing Member for Acting as Unregistered Securities Dealers
Litigation Release No. 25410 / June 7, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against LG Capital Funding, LLC ("LG Capital") and its managing member Joseph Lerman of Brooklyn, New York, for failing to register as securities dealers with the SEC. LG Capital and Lerman allegedly bought and sold billions of newly-issued shares of microcap securities, or "penny stocks," which generated millions of dollars for LG Capital and Lerman.