SEC v. Edgar M. Radjabli, Apis Capital Management LLC and My Loan Doctor LLC (sham tender offers, 2021)
Settled
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In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Edgar M. Radjabli, Apis Capital Management LLC and My Loan Doctor LLC, alleging conduct this library classifies as sham tender offers. The release records a civil penalty of $419,330, disgorgement of $162,800, prejudgment interest of $17,870.
The record
| Agency | SEC |
|---|---|
| Release number | LR-25115 |
| Date filed | 2021-06-11 |
| Date resolved | 2021-06-11 |
| Court | U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina |
| Status | settled |
| Asset class | crypto, equities |
| Criminal parallel | No |
| Bars imposed | conduct-based injunction, penny stock bar |
| Defendants | Edgar M. Radjabli ; Apis Capital Management LLC ; My Loan Doctor LLC |
| Techniques | Sham tender offers |
What was ordered
- Civil penalty
- $419k
- Disgorgement
- $163k
- Prejudgment interest
- $17.9k
- Total relief
- $600k
- Alleged gain
- $163k
What is alleged to have happened
the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on June 11, 2021 as release LR-25115. The respondents named are Edgar M. Radjabli, Apis Capital Management LLC and My Loan Doctor LLC (1 individual, 2 entities). The action was brought in the U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina.
This library tags the matter as sham tender offers, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.
The conduct is recorded against crypto and equities.
The relief recorded in our data is a civil monetary penalty of $419,330, disgorgement of $162,800, prejudgment interest of $17,870. Penalty and disgorgement are distinct: disgorgement returns the gain, while the penalty is punitive. We store them separately so that aggregate figures across the library are not double-counted.
Non-monetary relief recorded: conduct-based injunction, penny stock bar.
Note on the figures: The proposed settlement, subject to court approval when announced, has Radjabli, Apis Capital and Loan Doctor jointly and severally liable for the $600,000 total.
For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.
What technique is this, and how does it work?
This action is tagged with one technique in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.
- Sham tender offers — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
Timeline
- 2021-06-11 Litigation release published
Primary documents
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Related actions
Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.
| Action | Agency | Filed | Technique | Penalty | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC v. Melville Peter ten Cate (sham tender offers, 2023) | SEC | 2023-01-03 | Sham Tender Offers | $500k | judgment |
| SEC v. Lee Simmons (price manipulation, 2022) | SEC | 2022-08-19 | EDGAR Filing Fraud , Price Manipulation +1 | — | filed |
| SEC v. PTG Capital Partners, Ltd. (sham tender offers, 2020) | SEC | 2020-03-11 | EDGAR Filing Fraud , Sham Tender Offers | $1.5m | judgment |
| SEC v. Mark E. Burns (price manipulation, 2019) | SEC | 2019-08-12 | EDGAR Filing Fraud , Price Manipulation +1 | $60k | judgment |
| SEC v. Mark E. Burns, Robert W. Murray (price manipulation, 2018) | SEC | 2018-07-17 | EDGAR Filing Fraud , Price Manipulation +1 | — | settled |
| SEC v. Nauman A. Aly (sham tender offers, 2018) | SEC | 2018-03-28 | EDGAR Filing Fraud , Sham Tender Offers | — | unknown |