SEC v. James M. Schneider, Esq. (reverse merger schemes, 2019)

Judgment entered

Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.

In 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a judgment against James M. Schneider, Esq., alleging conduct this library classifies as reverse merger schemes. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency	SEC
Release number	34-85583
Date filed	2019-04-10
Date resolved	2019-04-10
Status	judgment
Asset class	equities
Criminal parallel	No
Bars imposed	conduct-based injunction, penny stock bar
Defendants	James M. Schneider, Esq. (individual)
Techniques	Reverse merger schemes

What was ordered

Civil penalty: —
Disgorgement: —
Prejudgment interest: —
Total relief: —
Alleged gain: —

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on April 10, 2019 as release 34-85583. The respondents named are James M. Schneider, Esq. (1 individual, 0 entities).

This library tags the matter as reverse merger schemes, 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 equities.

Non-monetary relief recorded: conduct-based injunction, penny stock bar.

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.

Reverse merger schemes — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.

Timeline

2019-04-10 Administrative proceeding instituted (102e)

Primary documents

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SEC order

The linked release is a work of the United States government and is not subject to copyright. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.

Action	Agency	Filed	Technique	Penalty	Status
SEC v. Morrie Tobin et al. (reverse merger schemes, 2024)	SEC	2024-10-18	Reverse Merger Schemes	$230k	judgment
SEC v. DiScala et al., (pump and dump, 2024)	SEC	2024-09-20	Pump And Dump , Reverse Merger Schemes	—	judgment
SEC v. Keith D. Beekmeyer and Andrew M. Bye (reverse merger schemes, 2024)	SEC	2024-09-20	Reverse Merger Schemes	—	settled
SEC v. Esmark Inc. and James P. Bouchard (reverse merger schemes, 2024)	SEC	2024-09-06	Reverse Merger Schemes	—	settled
SEC v. Meta Materials, Inc. ( and others (engineered short squeeze, 2024)	SEC	2024-06-25	Engineered Short Squeeze , Paid Stock Promotion +1	$1m	settled
SEC v. Janusz (John) Zukowski and Jerry Samaras (reverse merger schemes, 2024)	SEC	2024-06-13	Reverse Merger Schemes	—	settled

Record added September 8, 2026. submit a correction.