Friends and Family Fraud: LLC Does It
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) instituted an administrative proceeding under Rule 102(e) of the SEC Rules of Practice against Seth P. Levine, Esq., a 52-year-old New Jersey attorney (also admitted in New York) residing in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, regarding charges of fraud through his LLC. Levine consented to the SEC action and agreed to be suspended from appearing as an attorney before the SEC. This administrative action followed on the heels of two separate judicial proceedings in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey: on March 18, 2021, Levine consented to the entry of a judgment of liability for committing securities fraud in a civil case brought by the SEC; and on the same date, he pled guilty to two-count information for committing bank fraud and securities fraud in a case prosecuted by the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.