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SEC v. Legend Venture Partners LLC (boiler rooms, 2023)

Alleged — pending

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In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission brought an action against Legend Venture Partners LLC, alleging conduct this library classifies as boiler rooms. No monetary relief has been recorded at this stage; the matter is an allegation and remains unproven.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency SEC
Release number LR-25772
Date filed 2023-07-11
Court U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Status filed
Asset class equities
Criminal parallel No
Defendants Legend Venture Partners LLC (entity)
Cited as charged or alleged Advisers Act s.206 ; Exchange Act s.10(b) and Rule 10b-5 ; Exchange Act s.15(a) ; Securities Act s.5 (statutes and rules cited in the document; not a finding that they were violated)
Techniques Boiler rooms

What was ordered

Civil penalty
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Disgorgement
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Prejudgment interest
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Total relief
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Alleged gain
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What is alleged to have happened

the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on July 11, 2023 as release LR-25772. The respondents named are Legend Venture Partners LLC (0 individuals, 1 entity). The action was brought in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.

This library tags the matter as boiler rooms, 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.

This matter is at the allegation stage. Nothing in the regulator's filing has been proven, and the respondents are entitled to the presumption that it has not been. This page will be updated if the matter is resolved, dismissed or withdrawn.

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.

Timeline

  1. 2023-07-11 Litigation release published

Primary documents

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

Action Agency Filed Technique Penalty Status
SEC v. Andrew Spaventa and others (boiler rooms, 2026) SEC 2026-08-17 Boiler Rooms — filed
SEC v. Timothy Page, Trevor Page and others (boiler rooms, 2024) SEC 2024-11-20 Boiler Rooms , Undisclosed Control Blocks $7.7m judgment
SEC v. Mario Gogliormella, Steven Lacaj, and Karim Ibrahim a/k/a/ Chris Hayes (boiler rooms, 2024) SEC 2024-06-12 Boiler Rooms — filed
SEC v. Vuuzle Media Corp., Vuuzle Media Corp. Limited, Ronald Shane Flynn, and Richard Marchitto (boiler rooms, 2023) SEC 2023-06-27 Boiler Rooms $25.8m judgment
SEC v. Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, and Ronald Touchard (boiler rooms, 2023) SEC 2023-04-10 Boiler Rooms $223k judgment
SEC v. Joseph R. Earle Jr, Barry D. Reagh, William Clayton, Francis T. Dudley, Steven E. Bryant, Upper Street Marketing, Inc. and Project Growth International, Inc. (boiler rooms, 2022) SEC 2022-12-05 Boiler Rooms , Pump And Dump — filed

Record added September 10, 2026. If this matter has since resolved, been withdrawn or been dismissed, we want to know: submit a correction.