SEC v. John Feloni and Stock Squirrel, Inc. (2024)
Judgment entered
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In February 2024 the SEC announced a judgment against John Feloni and Stock Squirrel, Inc.. On 8 February 2024 final judgments by consent were entered against Feloni and his app company in the $2.5 million offering case, imposing $1,719,871 of joint disgorgement, about $158,840 of interest, a $223,229 civil penalty on Feloni, a penny-stock bar and an officer-and-director bar. Ponzi-like payments appear only as one allegation.
The record
| Agency | SEC |
|---|---|
| Release number | LR-25940 |
| Date filed | 2024-02-12 |
| Date resolved | 2024-02-12 |
| Court | U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts |
| Status | judgment |
| Asset class | equities |
| Criminal parallel | No |
| Bars imposed | penny stock bar |
| Defendants | John Feloni ; Stock Squirrel, Inc. |
| Cited as charged or alleged | Exchange Act s.10(b) and Rule 10b-5 ; Securities Act s.5 |
| Techniques |
What was ordered
- Civil penalty
- $223k
- Disgorgement
- $1.7m
- Prejudgment interest
- $159k
- Total relief
- $2.1m
- Alleged gain
- —
What is alleged to have happened
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on February 12, 2024 as release LR-25940. On 8 February 2024 final judgments by consent were entered against Feloni and his app company in the $2.5 million offering case, imposing $1,719,871 of joint disgorgement, about $158,840 of interest, a $223,229 civil penalty on Feloni, a penny-stock bar and an officer-and-director bar. Ponzi-like payments appear only as one allegation.
This library does not tag the matter as a Ponzi scheme: on a source check, the document mentions Ponzi-like payments only in passing, or as part of another party's scheme, and the charges are about something else. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.
The relief recorded in our data is a civil penalty of $223,229, disgorgement of $1,719,871, prejudgment interest of $158,840, as the release or order states it. 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: penny stock bar.
Timeline
- 2024-02-12 Litigation release published
Primary documents
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Same matter
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| Date filed | Agency | Record | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-29 | SEC | SEC v. John Feloni and Stock Squirrel, Inc. (2023) | Settled |
| 2024-02-12 | SEC | SEC v. John Feloni and Stock Squirrel, Inc. (2024) | Judgment entered |