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Jason P Wootten, et al (Release No LR-25059; Mar 23, 2021)
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Ponzi scheme allegedly raised more than $170 million from approximately 1,100 investors.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Florida business owner for unlawfully selling securities of real estate firm EquiAlt LLC to retail investors, many of whom were elderly people who invested through their individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
DeAndre Sears, who resided in Las Vegas, and his company MASears LLC, which does business as Picasso Group, were charged with registration violations. The SEC previously filed an enforcement action against EquiAlt, CEO Brian Davison, and Managing Director Barry Rybicki in connection with the alleged scheme.
According to the SEC’s complaint, between 2014 and 2020, Sears sold at least $25 million of EquiAlt’s securities to more than 145 investors who were mainly unaccredited, unsophisticated, and elderly. During those years, Sears was identified in EquiAlt private placement memoranda as the company’s managing director of
Litigation Release No. 25002 / December 31, 2020
Securities and Exchange Commission v. DeAndre P. Sears et al., Case No. 20-cv-03114 (M.D. Fla filed December 31, 2020)
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against DeAndre P. Sears and MASears LLC d/b/a Picasso Group, an entity he controlled and operated, with registration violations for unlawfully selling securities of Florida-based real estate firm EquiAlt LLC to retail investors. The SEC previously filed an enforcement action against EquiAlt LLC, its CEO Brian Davison, and its Managing Director Barry Rybicki on February 11, 2020, in connection with the alleged scheme.
According to the SEC s complaint, between 2014 and 2020, Sears directly and indirectly, through the use of third-party agents, sold at least $25 million of EquiAlt s securities to more than 145 largely unaccredited, unsophisticated, and elderly retail investors located in 25 states. During that period, Sears was identified in EquiAlt priv