November 24, 2015- Wichita, Kansas The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kansas businessman Paul Carageannis, 56, who had previously entered a plea of no contest to one count of felony fraud…
read moreDecember 3, 2015- Dallas, Texas Allen, Texas resident Brian J. Polito was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $8.8 million following his May 2015 guilty…
read moreDECEMBER 2016 UPDATE-Richardson, Texas In an Extended Hearing Panel Decision, FINRA expelled Texas E&P Partners for providing a falsified document to FINRA during an investigation. Mark Plummer, its CEO, was…
read moreJune 23, 2015-Austin, Texas John Morgan, Texas Securities Commissioner, entered a Cease and Desist Order against Petro-San Resources LLC and Sean Patrick Riley of San Antonio, Texas, alleging that they…
read moreJune 3, 2015-Austin, Texas WIlliam Allen Risinger, of Round Rock, Texas, was indicted May 19, 2015 on allegations that between 2010-2014 , through his company RHM Exploration, he promoted and sold…
read moreJune 8, 2015-San Antonio, Texas Primera Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas. The filing came a day following…
read moreJune 2, 2015 The San Antonio Express News reports that a judge will appoint a receiver to take control of Brian Alfaro‘s oil and gas businesses which involve oil and…
read moreJune 1, 2015-Houston, Texas Brian J. Polito of Allen, Texas, pled guilty to mail fraud in connection with the sale of interests in 12 wells owned by EOG Resources, Inc.…
read moreApril 10, 2015- Flower Mound, Texas The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Mieka Energy Corporation and Daro Ray Blankenship, its president, with fraudulently offering oil and gas investments. Vadda…
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