SEC v. Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company and John C. Ahearn (reverse merger schemes, 2018)
Settled
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 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an action with Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company and John C. Ahearn, alleging conduct this library classifies as reverse merger schemes and undisclosed control blocks. The release records disgorgement of $2,133.
The record
| Agency | SEC |
|---|---|
| Release number | 3-18491 |
| Date filed | 2018-05-17 |
| Date resolved | 2018-05-17 |
| Status | settled |
| Asset class | bonds, equities |
| Criminal parallel | No |
| Bars imposed | registration bar |
| Defendants | Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company and John C. Ahearn |
| Techniques | Reverse merger schemes , Undisclosed control blocks |
What was ordered
- Civil penalty
- —
- Disgorgement
- $2.1k
- Prejudgment interest
- —
- Total relief
- $2.1k
- Alleged gain
- —
What is alleged to have happened
the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on May 17, 2018 as release 3-18491. The respondents named are Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company and John C. Ahearn (0 individuals, 1 entity).
This library tags the matter as reverse merger schemes and undisclosed control blocks, 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 bonds and equities.
The relief recorded in our data is disgorgement of $2,133. 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: registration 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 2 techniques 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.
- Undisclosed control blocks — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
Timeline
Primary documents
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Related actions
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC v. Benjamin L. Bunker, Esq. (pump and dump, 2020) | SEC | 2020-01-23 | Pump And Dump , Reverse Merger Schemes +1 | — | unknown |
| SEC v. Delaney Equity Group LLC Delaney and others (reverse merger schemes, 2018) | SEC | 2018-08-29 | Reverse Merger Schemes , Shell Factories +1 | $20k | settled |
| SEC v. Alan Weinberg, CPA and Weinberg & Baer LLC (reverse merger schemes, 2018) | SEC | 2018-02-21 | Reverse Merger Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks | — | judgment |
| SEC v. Jonathan Strum, Esq. (reverse merger schemes, 2018) | SEC | 2018-02-21 | Reverse Merger Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks | — | judgment |
| SEC v. Joe Yiu Cheung ( and Dylon De Lu Zhang) (paid stock promotion, 2017) | SEC | 2017-08-02 | Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump +2 | — | settled |
| SEC v. Rose and Sheldon MKJJ Consulting LLC (reverse merger schemes, 2017) | SEC | 2017-03-23 | Reverse Merger Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks | — | settled |