Defendant Name:
Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited
Defendant Type:
Public Company
Document Reference:
LR-23584
Document Details
Legal Case Name
SEC v. Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited and Michael Toups
Document Name
SEC Charges Chinese Fuel Storage Company and Its CFO with Fraud
Document Date
27-Jun-2016
Document Format
Civil Proceeding
Case Number
16-cv-01798
Federal District Court
Florida, Middle District of Florida
Allegation Type
Issuer Reporting and Disclosure
Document Summary
On June 27, 2016, the SEC announced that it "charged China-based Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited and chief financial officer Michael Toups with fraud and related charges. The SEC complaint alleges that Longwei made numerous false public statements concerning the capacity of its three fuel storage depots in Shanxi Province, China. Longwei and Toups issued periodic filings, and press releases in January, February, and March 2013, that substantially overstated Longwei's storage capacity at those depots."
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