Category: Investment/Securities Fraud
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SEC accuses financial empire of Florida Panthers owners Viola, Cifu of fraud
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org The financial high-speed stock trading empire that made Florida Panthers hockey club owner Vincent Viola a multi-billionaire is under assault once again – this time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Last month, to no notice by Florida’s other media, the SEC formally accused Viola’s New York-based Virtu Financial Inc.…
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Key co-conspirator in billion-dollar Rothstein Ponzi scheme now a public official in South Florida
By Bob Norman FloridaBulldog.org As an appointed member of Surfside’s planning and zoning board, Michael Szafranski is trusted to pass judgment on some of the most important issues involving the town. But what about Szafranski’s notorious past as a convicted felon involved in the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida’s history?