SEC v. Prosper E. Beyond Moore and Prosperity Investments & Solutions, LLC (ponzi schemes, 2024)
Settled
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In January 2024 the SEC announced a settlement with Prosper E. Beyond Moore and Prosperity Investments & Solutions, LLC. The release describes a Ponzi scheme and affinity fraud aimed at Nigerian-American church members, raising over $1.4 million from more than 60 investors with promised monthly profits of up to 50%. Moore and the entity consented to injunctions, with money relief left to the court, and Moore to an officer-and-director bar.
The record
| Agency | SEC |
|---|---|
| Release number | LR-25928 |
| Date filed | 2024-01-18 |
| Date resolved | 2024-01-18 |
| Court | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia |
| Status | settled |
| Criminal parallel | No |
| Bars imposed | officer-and-director bar |
| Defendants | Prosper E. Beyond Moore ; Prosperity Investments & Solutions, LLC |
| Cited as charged or alleged | Exchange Act s.10(b) and Rule 10b-5 ; Securities Act s.5 |
| Techniques | Ponzi schemes |
What was ordered
- Civil penalty
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- Disgorgement
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- Prejudgment interest
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- Total relief
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- Alleged gain
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What is alleged to have happened
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on January 18, 2024 as release LR-25928. The release describes a Ponzi scheme and affinity fraud aimed at Nigerian-American church members, raising over $1.4 million from more than 60 investors with promised monthly profits of up to 50%. Moore and the entity consented to injunctions, with money relief left to the court, and Moore to an officer-and-director bar.
This library tags the matter as a Ponzi scheme because the document describes returns to earlier investors paid from later investors' money, as alleged or found. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.
Non-monetary relief recorded: officer-and-director bar.
What technique is this, and how does it work?
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Timeline
- 2024-01-18 Litigation release published
Primary documents
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