Defendant Name: Tingo Group, Inc.

Defendant Type: Public Company

Document Reference: 2023-254

Document Details

Legal Case Name SEC v. Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye (a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi), Tingo Group, Inc., Agri-Fintech Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Tingo Inc.), and Tingo International Holdings, Inc.
Document Name SEC Charges Tingo Mobile Founder, Three Companies with Massive Fraud and Obtains Emergency Relief; Businessman and his three companies engaged in a scheme to inflate revenues, profits, and cash balances by hundreds of millions of dollars
Document Date 19-Dec-2023
Document Format Civil Proceeding
Case Number 23-cv-10928
Federal District Court New York, Southern District of New York
Allegation Type Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
Document Summary On December 19, 2023, the SEC " announced that it obtained a temporary asset freeze, restraining order, and other emergency relief against Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi and three affiliated U.S. based entities of which he is the CEO in connection with an alleged multi-year scheme to inflate the financial performance metrics of his companies and key operating subsidiaries to defraud investors worldwide."

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comp25913 18-Dec-2023 Complaint
Complaint
The SEC stated: "The SEC brings this action to halt an ongoing fraud carried out by three related companies--Tingo International Holdings, Inc. ("TIH"), Agri-Fintech Holdings, Inc. ("AgriFintech"), and Tingo Group, Inc. ("Tingo Group")--orchestrated by their CEO, Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye, a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi ("Mmobuosi") (collectively "Defendants")."
LR-25913 18-Dec-2023 Litigation Release
SEC Charges Tingo Mobile Founder, Three Companies with Massive Fraud and Seeks Emergency Relief
On December 18, 2023, the SEC " announced charges against Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi and three affiliated U.S.-based entities of which he is the CEO–Tingo Group Inc., Agri-Fintech Holdings Inc., and Tingo International Holdings Inc.–in connection with an alleged multi-year scheme to inflate the financial performance metrics of these companies and key operating subsidiaries to defraud investors worldwide. The SEC is seeking emergency relief to prevent Defendants’ continued dissemination of materially false information to investors and to protect corporate and investor assets."
LR-25915 19-Dec-2023 Litigation Release
SEC Obtains Emergency Relief Against Tingo Mobile Founder, Three Companies Charged with Massive Fraud
On December 19, 2023, the SEC stated that: "it obtained a temporary asset freeze, restraining order, and other emergency relief against Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi and three affiliated U.S.-based entities of which he is the CEO--Tingo Group Inc., Agri-Fintech Holdings Inc., and Tingo International Holdings Inc.--in connection with an alleged multi-year scheme to inflate the financial performance metrics of these companies and key operating subsidiaries to defraud investors worldwide."