- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-06-13T18:55:00
A New Jersey-based investment adviser and its managing partner were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with engaging in a fraudulent short selling scheme involving the stocks of nearly a dozen public companies.
Sabby Management and its principal, Hal Mintz, allegedly generated more than $2 million in illegal profits through violative trading practices, including “naked short selling.” In a naked short sale, a seller does not borrow or arrange to borrow securities in time to make delivery to the buyer within the standard settlement period. Sabby and Mintz utilized the tactic to “artificially deflate the price of securities, allowing them to obtain more shares at a cheaper price,” the SEC claimed in a press release Monday.
The agency’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, seeks permanent injunctive relief, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest, and civil penalties.
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