SEC Institutes Enforcement Action Alleging Pump-and-Dump Scheme

sec.gov, Apr 17, 2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the institution of administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Winter Park, Fla.-based Park Financial Group, Inc. and its principal, Gordon Cantley. In the Order Instituting Proceedings, the Division of Enforcement alleges that Park and Cantley aided and abetted and caused a pump-and-dump scheme involving the securities of Spear & Jackson, Inc. and failed to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) reporting suspicious transactions, in violation of the firm's record-keeping obligations.

The Commission has already obtained injunctive relief against Dennis P. Crowley, the former chief executive officer of Spear & Jackson, for violations of the antifraud, registration and reporting provisions of the federal securities laws in connection with his role in the pump-and-dump scheme. Read more at sec.gov.