Did anyone peruse the list of criminals caught in the Golf Ventures sting? Did you see this name..."George Panagiotou", this name "Mark Savage" and this name "Dean Verrigni."
Upon further DD, it turns out our friends Mr. Panagiotou, Mr. Savage and Mr. Verrigni have been involved with Peter Tosto aka Peter Lybrand of CTRN/ECTS/POLU/SMEK/IVHD fame!
FG and other doubters....Study this document carefully, "He who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it."
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Act of 1933
Release No. 33-7339 / September 26, 1996
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Release No. 34-37734 / September 26, 1996
Administrative Proceeding File Number 3-9104
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE AND CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED AGAINST PETER TOSTO AND OTHERS IN CONNECTION WITH KICKBACK SCHEME
The Securities and Exchange Commission instituted cease-and-desist proceedings against Peter Tosto and his company, Investor Relations, Inc., and public administrative proceedings and cease-and-desist proceedings against three registered
representatives (RRs), George Panagiotou, Mark Savage and Dean Verrigni, pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 15(b), 19(h) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in connection with a scheme in which each respondent RR
received, or arranged for other RRs to receive, undisclosed
kickbacks for selling San Diego Bancorp (SDB) stock to public
customers.
The Order Instituting Proceedings alleges that Tosto,
individually and through his company, IRI, orchestrated a
kickback scheme to sell SDB stock. Tosto was paid by a major SDB
stockholder to generate this market activity in a stock which
otherwise had a relatively illiquid market, to enable that
shareholder to sell his stock. Tosto used some of the money to
pay Panagiotou, Savage and Verrigni to generate buying activity.
These individuals or RRs they recruited sold SDB stock to
customers without revealing to the customers that the RRs were
being paid to recommend the stock. The Order also alleges that
Tosto made misrepresentations, individually and through IRI, in
connection with placing purchase orders for that stock, thereby
causing substantial losses to a broker-dealer. Panagiotou
participated in the making of those misrepresentations to the
broker-dealer.
To translate....even the IR firm can be caught. Look at what this CRIMINAL IR firm did, is Veritas any better? Probably not.
Buyer Beware! |
