加仑桶资本 Holdings, LLC (GPB) Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Michael S. 科恩, was indicted on federal charges of Obstruction of Justice, obtaining information from a government computer and unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
According to a recently unsealed 取代的控诉 by the Department of Justice, between August 2018 and February 2019 “COHN, 与他人一起, 是故意, intentionally and corruptly obstruct and impeded, and attempt to obstruct and impede, an official proceeding, to wit: an investigation conducted by the United States bg真人游戏注册 and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).”
Prior to his employment with GPB, 科恩 worked as an examiner with the SEC. 在最近的一次 新闻稿, the Department of Justice alleges that after leaving the department to join the 加仑桶资本, 科恩 obtained proprietary information from databases without authorization. The data was accessed on government computers without permission and used for “purposes of commercial advantage and private financial gain” according to the indictment. The “highly sensitive material” obtained included “confidential information, privileged attorney-client work product and contacts with law enforcement and other regulatory agencies.”
科恩 faces up to twenty (20) years in prison if found guilty of obstruction of justice, five (5) years for accessing a government computer without authorization, and one (1) year for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
BG真人 has filed over a dozen cases against the brokerage firms who recommended and sold GPB to their customers and continues to investigate 加仑桶资本 Holdings and the brokerage firms that recommended them. If you invested in a 加仑桶资本 fund, you might be able to recover your losses through Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 仲裁. 联系 BG真人 today at (305) 402-9050 for a free case consultation. Our firm accepts cases on a contingency-fee basis, meaning are not compensated unless we recover money for you. 联系 our offices today for a free case consultation.