Replies to Post #351918 onDigital Brand Media and Marketing Group Inc (DBMM)

Replies to post #351918 on Digital Brand Media and Marketing Group Inc (DBMM)

Replies to #351918 on Digital Brand Media and Marketing Group Inc (DBMM)

09/12/24 1:19 PM

#351921 RE: StayHumble #351918

This explains 🤔 how the kramers drive the price 😳 of stocks down.......

That is why naked shorts flourish........

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sec-brings-action-against-convertible-9161054/

Why Did the SEC Pursue Kramer?
Kramer and his companies aren’t the only ones offering convertible debt to small publicly traded companies. In the complaint, the SEC referred to Kramer as a “two-time recidivist violator of the federal securities laws,” but there appear to be some other reasons why the SEC is pursuing Kramer. In our experience, most of these convertible loans are only convertible if the borrower defaults, meaning that if the borrower repays the loan on time, then the lender does not have the right to convert the loan. For these loans, the conversion right is similar to a type of security that protects the lender — if the borrower is unable to pay, the lender converts and sells shares until the loan is considered repaid. However, most of Kramer’s loans were convertible after six months, regardless of whether the loan was in default, and some were converted in full before they were due (the six-month waiting period complies with SEC Rule 144, which allows a borrower to treat the shares as having been paid for when the loan was made, and freely sell them into the market after six months have elapsed without registration). In these cases, Kramer wasn’t protecting himself when a borrower couldn’t repay a loan. Instead, it appears he made the loans with the intent to convert at a discount and profit by selling the shares in the market. And profit he did. According to the complaint, from January 2018 to March 2023, Kramer’s companies made at least $60 million selling converted shares in the market after investing in approximately 325 issuers in nearly 2,000 transactions and converting loans into more than 90 billion newly-issued shares of common stock.

The SEC concluded that this amounted to engaging in the regular business of buying and selling securities without registering as securities dealers and requested the disgorgement of ill-gotten gains and an order prohibiting Kramer from converting any of the loans outstanding. Kramer has not yet filed an answer but has said he is innocent and will defend the case aggressively.