Legal Opinion
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Tropikgadget FZE.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 12, 2015No. Civil Action No. 15-CV-10543-ADBPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANTS TROPIKGADGET FZE, TROPIK-GADGET UNIPESSOAL LDA, COMPASSWINNER LDA AND HAPPY SGPS SA
Alison D. Burroughs, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I. INTRODUCTION
In February 2015, Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) filed this civil enforcement action against three companies, fifteen individual defendants, and several relief defendants. This case arises out of an alleged pyramid scheme that was purportedly operated by defendants Tropikgadget FZE and Tropikgadget Unipessoal LDA (collectively,…
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