A Coryell County grand jury on Aug. 29 returned indictments of Jeffrey Holbrook Tuiasosopo and Darla Denise Tuiasosopo of Copperas Cove and Bobby Lynn Teddlie Jr., a McKinney resident, on a charge of misappropriation of fiduciary property of $200,000 or more. The trio was indicted for allegedly...
Jeremy “JB” Yowell, an unregistered investment promoter for Fort Worth-based Woodland Resources LLC, is cooperating with the Enforcement Division of the State Securities Board in its investigation of the company and its director of operations, longtime oilman Michael E. Patman. Yowell’s cooperation...
Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles on Aug. 6 entered the fourth emergency action against a cryptocurrency investment promoter since the State Securities Board started a second investigative sweep of suspect cryptocurrency offerings in late June. According to the Emergency Cease and Desist...
Lubbock investment adviser Lowell & Company Inc. paid a $40,000 fine to the State of Texas for failing to supervise a representative who nearly wiped out the assets in two client accounts by holding onto an exchange-traded fund designed for short-term trading. Besides the fine, the Aug. 2...
An Australian company that guaranteed returns of up to 200% on investments in cryptocurrency mining is refunding money to Texas investors and admitting it illegally sold unregistered securities. Under the Order entered Aug. 2 by Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles, AWS Mining PTY, based in...
A Harris County grand jury indicted Daniel Christopher Walsh July 17 on first degree felony charges of securities fraud, money laundering, and theft in connection with the sale of investments in oil wells that were supposed to be drilled in Galveston County. The indictments were handed down five...