SEC settles two lawsuits against Coppell man
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The Securities and Exchange Commission settled two civil lawsuits Tuesday against a North Texas stock promoter allegedly involved in so-called pump-and-dump market manipulation scams.
One suit is still pending against five other people and one company.
The complaints allege that Coppell accountant Mark B. Lindberg, 40, helped market a series of penny stocks and, along with other defendants, reaped millions of dollars by releasing false information to pump up the share price.
In settling the cases, Mr. Lindberg neither admitted nor denied the allegations. He has agreed to a permanent injunction and is barred from being an officer or director. He also agreed to not be involved in penny stocks.
The initial suit involves an Irving company called Sniffex that Mr. Lindberg helped take public.
The company, which marketed a bomb detection device, is now called Homeland Safety International Inc. and was controlled primarily by two Bulgarians.
The complaint also names president Paul B. Johnson of Colleyville, who could not be reached for comment Tuesday, and two investors from Denmark. The suit still seeks penalties against the defendants other than Mr. Lindberg.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.