{"id":55445,"date":"2024-02-05T18:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T02:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55445"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T02:38:08","slug":"stock-newsletter-analyst-beverly-hills-ceo-and-money-launderer-charged-with-conspiring-to-tout-securities-in-exchange-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=55445","title":{"rendered":"Stock Newsletter Analyst, Beverly Hills CEO, and Money Launderer Charged with Conspiring to Tout Securities in Exchange for Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Federal criminal charges were filed Monday against an analyst for a newsletter promoting unregistered securities and over-the-counter stocks, his money-laundering associate, and the CEO of a Beverly Hills company, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Officials stated that all defendants participated in a bribery scheme in which leaders of various companies paid more than $4.2 million in undisclosed compensation to have their stocks touted by the newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The following defendants have been charged:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jonathan William Mikula, 38, of Woodstock, Georgia, who worked as a stock analyst and writer for an investment newsletter;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Christian Fernandez, 33, a.k.a. \u201cChristian Crockwell,\u201d of Smyrna, Georgia, who was a business associate and friend of Mikula\u2019s; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Amit Raj Beri, 47, of Hobe Sound, Florida, was the CEO of a Beverly Hills-based business.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">All three defendants have been charged via information with one count of conspiracy to tout securities for undisclosed compensation. Mikula has also been charged with one count of touting securities for undisclosed compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to information filed on January 30 in the United States District Court, Mikula worked as an analyst for \u201cPalm Beach Venture,\u201d an investment newsletter with subscribers nationwide. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This newsletter published promotional pieces for securities offerings, including unregistered securities marketed under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22946 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>Federal law requires full and public disclosure from anyone who has received payment\u2014directly or indirectly\u2014from an issuer for publishing, publicizing, or circulating any advertisement or communication that describes the issuer\u2019s security offered for sale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From December 2019 to August 2022, in exchange for Mikula touting certain securities issuances through \u201cPalm Beach Venture,\u201d Beri and others provided Mikula and Fernandez with both cash payments as well as undisclosed, indirect compensation, including lavish meals, beverages, and other illicit entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Fernandez opened and operated foreign and shell companies and bank accounts\u2014some based in Mexico\u2014whose purpose was to conceal the nature of the bribes and kickbacks. In exchange, Fernandez took a hefty cut\u2014sometimes half\u2014of the funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The conspiracy allowed some participants to raise tens of millions of dollars in investor funds through securities offerings described and promoted by \u201cPalm Beach Venture\u201d without required disclosures that such promotions had been obtained via direct and indirect payments to Mikula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">For example, in March 2020, Mikula published an article in \u201cPalm Beach Venture\u201d entitled \u201cCuring Incurable Diseases and Giving Us Over 4,900% Potential Gains.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The article touted Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals (EHP), a San Diego-based life sciences company, and falsely stated that neither the newsletter nor its affiliates had received compensation and that \u201cas publishers of financial information, we make general recommendations based on our own analysis.\u201d In fact, negotiations were underway between EHP, Beri, Mikula, and Fernandez toward concealed payments in exchange for the article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In total, Mikula, Fernandez, Beri, and others received more than $4.2 million in undisclosed and misrepresented payments, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars of compensation in the form of undisclosed entertainment and illicit services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Another co-conspirator, Avtar Singh Dhillon, 62, of Long Beach, a one-time board member of and an indirect shareholder in EHP, pleaded guilty in December 2022 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and admitted his role in the conspiracy. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 23 in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The conspiracy charge carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. The securities touting charge also carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI is investigating this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has also charged the defendants in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/litigation\/litreleases\/lr-25541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">a separate civil enforcement action.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant United States Attorney Adam P. Schleifer of the Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2563315797MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Release No. 24-031<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 Federal criminal charges were filed Monday against an analyst for a newsletter promoting unregistered securities and over-the-counter stocks, his money-laundering associate, and the CEO of a Beverly Hills company, 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