SEC obtains judgment against $4 million Ponzi schemer
Former adviser James Booth also pleads guilty in criminal case.
A Connecticut federal court has entered a final judgment against former investment adviser James T. Booth, who was alleged in an SEC complaint to have operated a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that bilked more than three dozen retail investors of $4 million.
In a parallel action by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Booth pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud.
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On Nov. 18, Booth was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised probation, and was ordered to pay $4,969,689 in forfeiture.
The SEC earlier barred Booth from the securities industry.
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