Richard Smith, age 78, is a British citizen who lives in the Dominican Republic.Christopher Smith, 52, is a British citizen who lives in the Dominican Republic.Phillip Sewell, 61, is a British citizen who lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada and co-founded Catalyst Capital Group, a privately held Canadian financial advisory firm, with Davies Wong.Robert Seeley, 48, is a British citizen who lives in the Dominican Republic and worked with the Smiths as an authorized signatory on some H.E.Meanwhile, Seeley, we're told, ran the day-to-day operations. POP Holdings is a privately held Nevis entity based in the Dominican Republic and owned by Christoper Smith, who served as its president and his father, Richard Smith, was the firm's secretary.Plus, he was also the sole officer and director of microcap public company Black Rock Petroleum, a spin-off of Lotus Bio-Tech. Nagy founded Lotus Bio-Tech and, according to the SEC, and has been its controlling shareholder, although he divested himself on at least one occasion. Zoltan Nagy, 55, lives near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has ties to Point Roberts, Washington.Mohamed also controls or controlled a brokerage firm in the Cayman Islands called White Sands Securities. He is also the owner of Nexium Financial and the CEO and chairman of Softlab9 Technologies. Rahim Mohamed, age 45, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and the Cayman Islands.
Christophe Merani, 31, who lives in Glendale Heights, Illinois and is an associate of Sewell, who worked with David Wong.Maximum Ventures Holdings, a privately held Wyoming entity that was owned by Anna Tang, and jointly controlled by both of the Tangs.Laken was convicted of securities fraud in connection with a stock promotion scheme in the early 2000s and served a 63-month federal prison sentence. Glenn Laken, 68, who lives in Chicago, Illinois, and is president, chairman, and controlling shareholder of CMG Holdings Group, which was, in turn, the controlling shareholder of Good Gaming - at least in May 2017.Capital's secretary, and Robert Seeley ran the firm's day-to-day operations. The SEC also believes Smith's son Christopher Smith was H.E. Capital's co-founding director and was its 50 percent owner during the relevant periods. Another defendant, Richard Smith, is H.E. Capital, which is based in the Dominican Republic. Harmony Ridge Corp, which was wholly owned by Richard Tang.He served as president and CEO of First Calgary Capital, which offered "investor relations" services and "awareness" campaigns for microcap companies. Jeffrey Cox, 56, who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Avatele Group, based in Wyoming and managed by Richard Tang, whose wife Anna Tang is also allegedly involved.
Individuals and companies charged in connection with the alleged hacking-and-securities-fraud scam (sidenote: you will need to dedicate an entire wall to create an evidence board and keep all of these connections straight) include:
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It also seeks the return of ill-gotten gains plus interest, penalties, bars, and other equitable relief. The SEC charges against the group include violations of the anti-fraud and beneficial ownership reporting provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. "Our complaint details a brazen and sophisticated scheme, with hackers using international accounts and dummy account holders to hide their tracks," said Nekia Hackworth Jones, director of the SEC's Atlanta regional office, in a statement.
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