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Post by Franko10 ™ on Sept 27, 2006 7:03:21 GMT -5
NASD Charges NevWest in CMKX Saga...Justice at Last?
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NASD Charges NevWest in CMKX Saga...Justice at Last?
By Mark Faulk
Sept. 26, 2006
In a saga that many thought was dead-on-arrival, the NASD today filed charges against NevWest Securities Corporation of Las Vegas, and company President Sergey Rumyantsev and Vice President Antony M. Santos. In charging the company and its officers with violating NASD's Anti-Money Laundering Rule, they stated that ³between January 1, 2003, and May 31, 2005, NevWest failed to file Suspicious Activity Reports (ŒSAR@), or cease trading in multiple accounts owned and controlled by JE, NevWest@s customer, regarding over 500 transactions, invo9lving over 250 billion shares of sub-penny stock issued by CMKM Diamonds Inc. (ŒCMKM@) totaling over $53 million. In the 28-page complaint, the NASD also charged NevWest with failing to ³adequately perform due diligence, file SARs, or cease affecting wire transfers involving $43 million through 139 separate wires from at least 28 of the accounts JE had opened at NevWest to various bank accounts.@
It was the first charges brought in a story that began in late 2002 (or even earlier including the earlier incarnation of CMKM Diamonds), and might have come to an end on October 28, 2005, when Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray officially revoked CMKM@s (commonly referred to by its trading symbol CMKX) reporting status, after the company withdrew its appeal of Judge Murray@s initial ruling against the company for failure to file required financial reports with the SEC.
However, this was one company that simply refused to die. Bolstered by over 50,000 shareholders and an advocacy group begun by CMKX shareholder John Martin and represented by attorney Bill Frizzell, the CMKX Owners Group worked their way into the SEC hearings, and continued to press for action against the various people involved in what they perceived as a massive fraud extending into every corner of the financial market process, including not only numerous individuals who took advantage of a system rife with loopholes and poorly enforced SEC regulations, but implicating nearly every major brokerage firm in the U.S. and Canada.
In fact, in a letter to then CMKX attorney Donald Stoecklein over a year ago, Owners Group attorney Bill Frizzell called for the company to take legal action against several of the people who he named as being involved in the scheme to defraud tens of thousands of CMKX shareholders, with John Michael Edwards, or ³JE,@ at the top of the list. He specifically cited the 36 NevWest trust accounts, along with another 20 additional companies that have addresses in Langley, B.C., and owned and controlled by Edwards. In addition to Edwards and NevWest, Frizzell named company auditor Neil Levine (who was brought into CMKX by Edwards), CFO David DeSormeau, ³consultant@ James Kinney, secretary Ginger Guitierrez, and attorney Brian Dvorak as individuals who were involved in the problems with CMKX.
NevWest President Sergey Rumyantsev said today that ³in our perception, we believe that we have fail-safes inn effect that go far above and beyond the industry standards. We feel completely wronged in this particular case.@ Rumyantsev also questioned the NASD@s action against their company, saying that ³we were singled out, why were we the only one charged when hundreds of billions of shares were sold by other brokers?@
Another source close to the story echoed Rumyantsev@s sentiments, citing the serious problems with other major brokerage firms, including Ameritrade and Etrade, and the long and drawn out process of trying to issue stock certificates to bonafide shareholders, many of whom have still not received stock certificates over a year after the company initiated a cert pull in an attempt to determine if there were more shares sold than actually existed. This source asked whether the other offending brokers had filed Suspicious Trading Reports in relation to the well-over a trillion shares that many people claim were fraudulently sold to unsuspecting shareholders.
In the meantime, many questions remain in the CMKX saga. Why has it taken so long for regulatory agencies to take action against those who defrauded over 50,000 shareholders, and why hasn@t the SEC taken any action whatsoever? It was reported last week in a court document involving John Edward@s wife Diana Lee Flaherty@s own stack fraud trial that Edwards himself is still under investigation for stock fraud, and there are unconfirmed reports of a major sting operation targeting dozens of others involved inn the CMKX scandal.
In the broader sense, the shear scope of this scam, and the reported massive selling of counterfeit stock into the market that accompanied it, raises serious questions as to the system of checks and balances that protects our stock market. This reporter is certain that this is only the beginning, and that ultimately, many more people will be brought to justice in this case. Let@s just hope that the investigations don@t stop there, and that the major brokers are held responsible for their part in this financial train wreck, and that the SEC itself is made to answer for their ineptitude and failure to ³protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities market.@
This article is posted at:
www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/Commentary/1065.html
This article is also posted on Mark Faulk@s blog at The Sanity Check, along with an excellent comment section, at:
www.thesanitycheck.com/Blogs/MarkFaulksBlog/tabid/86/Default.aspx
Mark Faulk
Author: "The Naked Truth"
TheNakedTruth@FaulkingTruth.com
www.FaulkingTruth.com
Pre-order book online:
www.TheOwnersGroupInc.com/cart/
www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/Commentary/1065.html
NASD Charges NevWest in CMKX Saga...Justice at Last?
By Mark Faulk
Sept. 26, 2006
In a saga that many thought was dead-on-arrival, the NASD today filed charges against NevWest Securities Corporation of Las Vegas, and company President Sergey Rumyantsev and Vice President Antony M. Santos. In charging the company and its officers with violating NASD's Anti-Money Laundering Rule, they stated that ³between January 1, 2003, and May 31, 2005, NevWest failed to file Suspicious Activity Reports (ŒSAR@), or cease trading in multiple accounts owned and controlled by JE, NevWest@s customer, regarding over 500 transactions, invo9lving over 250 billion shares of sub-penny stock issued by CMKM Diamonds Inc. (ŒCMKM@) totaling over $53 million. In the 28-page complaint, the NASD also charged NevWest with failing to ³adequately perform due diligence, file SARs, or cease affecting wire transfers involving $43 million through 139 separate wires from at least 28 of the accounts JE had opened at NevWest to various bank accounts.@
It was the first charges brought in a story that began in late 2002 (or even earlier including the earlier incarnation of CMKM Diamonds), and might have come to an end on October 28, 2005, when Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray officially revoked CMKM@s (commonly referred to by its trading symbol CMKX) reporting status, after the company withdrew its appeal of Judge Murray@s initial ruling against the company for failure to file required financial reports with the SEC.
However, this was one company that simply refused to die. Bolstered by over 50,000 shareholders and an advocacy group begun by CMKX shareholder John Martin and represented by attorney Bill Frizzell, the CMKX Owners Group worked their way into the SEC hearings, and continued to press for action against the various people involved in what they perceived as a massive fraud extending into every corner of the financial market process, including not only numerous individuals who took advantage of a system rife with loopholes and poorly enforced SEC regulations, but implicating nearly every major brokerage firm in the U.S. and Canada.
In fact, in a letter to then CMKX attorney Donald Stoecklein over a year ago, Owners Group attorney Bill Frizzell called for the company to take legal action against several of the people who he named as being involved in the scheme to defraud tens of thousands of CMKX shareholders, with John Michael Edwards, or ³JE,@ at the top of the list. He specifically cited the 36 NevWest trust accounts, along with another 20 additional companies that have addresses in Langley, B.C., and owned and controlled by Edwards. In addition to Edwards and NevWest, Frizzell named company auditor Neil Levine (who was brought into CMKX by Edwards), CFO David DeSormeau, ³consultant@ James Kinney, secretary Ginger Guitierrez, and attorney Brian Dvorak as individuals who were involved in the problems with CMKX.
NevWest President Sergey Rumyantsev said today that ³in our perception, we believe that we have fail-safes inn effect that go far above and beyond the industry standards. We feel completely wronged in this particular case.@ Rumyantsev also questioned the NASD@s action against their company, saying that ³we were singled out, why were we the only one charged when hundreds of billions of shares were sold by other brokers?@
Another source close to the story echoed Rumyantsev@s sentiments, citing the serious problems with other major brokerage firms, including Ameritrade and Etrade, and the long and drawn out process of trying to issue stock certificates to bonafide shareholders, many of whom have still not received stock certificates over a year after the company initiated a cert pull in an attempt to determine if there were more shares sold than actually existed. This source asked whether the other offending brokers had filed Suspicious Trading Reports in relation to the well-over a trillion shares that many people claim were fraudulently sold to unsuspecting shareholders.
In the meantime, many questions remain in the CMKX saga. Why has it taken so long for regulatory agencies to take action against those who defrauded over 50,000 shareholders, and why hasn@t the SEC taken any action whatsoever? It was reported last week in a court document involving John Edward@s wife Diana Lee Flaherty@s own stack fraud trial that Edwards himself is still under investigation for stock fraud, and there are unconfirmed reports of a major sting operation targeting dozens of others involved inn the CMKX scandal.
In the broader sense, the shear scope of this scam, and the reported massive selling of counterfeit stock into the market that accompanied it, raises serious questions as to the system of checks and balances that protects our stock market. This reporter is certain that this is only the beginning, and that ultimately, many more people will be brought to justice in this case. Let@s just hope that the investigations don@t stop there, and that the major brokers are held responsible for their part in this financial train wreck, and that the SEC itself is made to answer for their ineptitude and failure to ³protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities market.@
This article is posted at:
www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/Commentary/1065.html
This article is also posted on Mark Faulk@s blog at The Sanity Check, along with an excellent comment section, at:
www.thesanitycheck.com/Blogs/MarkFaulksBlog/tabid/86/Default.aspx
Mark Faulk
Author: "The Naked Truth"
TheNakedTruth@FaulkingTruth.com
www.FaulkingTruth.com
Pre-order book online:
www.TheOwnersGroupInc.com/cart/
