Defendant Name: GRQ Consultants, Inc.

Defendant Type: Other

Document Reference: LR-24529

Document Details

Legal Case Name SEC v. Barry C. Honig, Michael Brauser, John Stetson, John R. O'Rourke III, Robert Ladd, Elliot Maza, Brian Keller, John H. Ford, ATG Capital LLC, GRQ Consultants, Inc., HS Contrarian Investments, LLC, Grander Holdings, Inc., and Stetson Capital Investments Inc.
Document Name Barry Honig and Three Other Defendants Settle with SEC in Market Manipulation Case
Document Date 12-Jul-2019
Document Format Civil Proceeding
Case Number 18-cv-08175
Federal District Court New York, Southern District of New York
Allegation Type Market Manipulation
Document Summary The Commission stated: "The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained partial consent judgments against defendants Barry Honig and GRQ Consultants, Inc. ("GRQ") on July 10, 2019, and against defendants Elliot Maza and Brian Keller on March 27, 2019 and March 29, 2019, respectively, in an ongoing civil action in which the SEC alleges that numerous individuals and associated entities participated in microcap schemes that generated over $27 million from unlawful stock sales."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Injunction
Enjoinment
Penny stock bar

Related Documents:

comp24262 07-Sep-2018 Complaint
Complaint and Jury Demand
comp24431 08-Mar-2019 Complaint
First Amended Complaint and Jury Demand
The SEC, in their complaint, stated: "This case involves a series of highly profitable 'pump-and-dump' schemes involving three public companies..."
LR-24431 22-Mar-2019 Litigation Release
SEC Settles with Multiple Defendants in Market Manipulation Case and Amends Complaint as to Thirteen Remaining Defendants
The Commission stated: "On March 8, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an amended complaint in an ongoing civil action in which the SEC alleges that numerous individuals and associated entities participated in microcap schemes that generated over $27 million from unlawful stock sales. The amended complaint includes additional allegations in support of its claims against thirteen of the original twenty defendants in a civil action."
court_doc151_18-cv-08175 10-Jul-2019 Court Docket Document
Judgment as to Defendant GRQ Consultants, Inc.
The Court stated that: "The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and Defendant GRQ Consultants, Inc. having entered a general appearance; consented to the Court's jurisdiction over Defendant and the subject matter of this action; consented to entry of this Judgment without admitting or denying the allegation of the Complaint (except as to jurisdiction); waived findings of fact and conclusions of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Judgment."
comp24771 16-Mar-2020 Complaint
Second Amended Complaint and Jury Demand

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Elliot Maza