{"id":18198,"date":"2019-08-26T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T19:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=18198"},"modified":"2019-08-29T14:09:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T19:09:44","slug":"former-broker-pleads-guilty-in-castleberry-financial-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/former-broker-pleads-guilty-in-castleberry-financial-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Broker Pleads Guilty in Castleberry Financial Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott P. Strochak, an ex-broker, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in the $3.8M Castleberry Financial Services Fraud. He is also now facing parallel civil fraud charges brought by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors charged Strochak, who was the Director of Alternative Investments and a Senior EVP at Castleberry Financial Services Group, and two other firm executives earlier this year over the scam, which promised 8-12% yearly returns on bond-like investments while touting a robust business that was handling hundreds of millions of dollars in capital and had over 300 investors. The fraud raised almost $3.8M from at least 17 investors.<\/p>\n<p>According to the SEC, Strochak, former Castleberry CEO Norman Strell, and ex-President T. Johnathan Turner made misrepresentations to prospective investors, including that its investments were insured and bonded by top insurers like Chubb Group and CNA Financial Group. They allegedly continued to make these representations even after some investors complained that they never received evidence of said insurance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/former-broker-pleads-guilty-in-castleberry-financial-fraud\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Former Broker Pleads Guilty in Castleberry Financial Fraud\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott P. Strochak, an ex-broker, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in the $3.8M Castleberry Financial Services Fraud. He is also now facing parallel civil fraud charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 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