A legal opinion that a newly issued stock can be traded right away may be an essential part of “pump and dump” fraud, in which scam artists sell stock in…
After spending seven years in jail for contempt of court, investment adviser Martin Armstrong is free to begin serving a five-year sentence for conspiracy to commit securities, mail and wire…
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