EmpiresX

SEC’s EmpiresX civil fraud case reopened, CFTC update

The SEC’s EmpiresX civil fraud case has been reopened. Final October each the SEC’s and CFTC’s parallel EmpiresX civil proceedings have been stayed, pending Hague service on co-founder defendants Emerson Pires and Flavio Goncalves. In March 2023 Brazilian authorities knowledgeable the SEC they’d been unable to seek out Pires and Goncalves. This prompted the regulator […]

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Default judgment against EmpiresX scammers in civil case

Default judgment has been granted in opposition to EmpiresX founders Emerson Pires and Flavio Goncalves. Respective orders in opposition to the 2 scammers, each of whom have fled to Brazil, have been filed on December seventh. It’s presently unclear on what default judgment in opposition to Pires and Goncalves means within the EmpiresX civil class-action.

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EmpiresX SEC & CFTC cases stayed pending Hague service

Each the SEC’s and CFTC’s civil instances towards EmpiresX and its homeowners have been administratively stayed. In separate orders filed on September nineteenth and twenty eighth, Decide Altonaga stayed the instances pending service on defendants Emerson Pires and Flavio Goncalves. Pires and Goncalves ran EmpiresX. Each defendants, who’ve additionally been criminally charged, fled to Brazil

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DOJ addresses victim restitution in EmpiresX fraud case

The DOJ has made reference to restitution for traders of the EmpiresX Ponzi scheme. Whereas it’s not a lot, I imagine it’s the primary we’ve seen restitution talked about in EmpiresX fraud proceedings. The DOJ introduced up restitution on the tail finish of a September ninth movement, searching for various sufferer notification. This movement is

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Joshua David Nicholas pleads guilty to EmpiresX fraud

Joshua David Nicholas has plead responsible to at least one depend of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Nicholas performed “Grasp Dealer” in EmpiresX, by the misappropriated alias “Joshua Gregg”. Nicholas signed his EmpiresX plea settlement on September eighth. As per the settlement, the DOJ has agreed to dismiss Depend 1 of his indictment, pertaining to

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Joshua David Nicholas settles with EmpiresX class-action

Joshua David Nicholas has settled with the civil EmpiresX class-action. Nicholas’ settlement follows “cash of arms-length mediation” between the events. As per a proposed settlement filed by the EmpiresX class-action Plaintiffs; On July 28, 2022, Defendant Nicholas contacted Plaintiffs’ Counsel and expressed a want to start settlement negotiations, that he wished to cooperate with Plaintiffs’

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