加拿大商人Zoltan Nagy与芝加哥交易员Glenn Laken认罪：黑入美国券商账户强购仙股抬价出货，致投资者损失逾100万美元
美国司法部佐治亚州北区联邦检察官办公室10月26日在 Atlanta 宣布，加拿大商人 Zoltan Nagy 与伊利诺伊州交易员 Glenn Laken 已分别承认共谋证券欺诈罪名，两人涉及相互独立但手法相似的国际「抬价出货」（pump-and-dump）骗局：同伙黑入美国网上券商的客户账户，强迫这些账户高价买入他们控制的无价值仙股，再趁机出货套现，投资者损失超过100万美元。另外3名加拿大同伙 Phillip Sewell、Richard Tang 与 Davies Wong 此前已先后认罪。
联邦检察官 Theodore S. Hertzberg 表示，这两起骗局的核心手法都是黑入美国境内网上消费券商账户、强迫其买入 Nagy 与 Laken 一方同伙控制的仙股。Nagy 是仙股公司 Lotus Bio-Technology Development Corp.（交易代码 LBTD）唯一的经营者与董事；到2017年8月初，Nagy、Tang、Wong 与 Sewell 已控制市面上可交易的绝大部分 LBTD 流通股。2017年8月16日，另一名同伙 Rahim Mohamed 或其指使的人黑入一个美国网上券商账户，强迫其买入20万股 LBTD，与此同时 Wong 等人卖出约26.1万股，多数由被黑账户以抬高后的价格接盘。同年9月19日，该团伙再次出手且规模大得多：Mohamed 一方黑入多家美国网上券商的24个客户账户，强迫其买入数百万股 LBTD，Wong 等人则卖出约775万股，套现近110万美元，赃款随后在 Nagy、Wong、Tang、Mohamed 与 Sewell 等人之间分赃。
第二起骗局的主角 Laken 是上市公司首席执行官、董事长兼控股股东，该公司到2017年底持有仙股公司 Good Gaming, Inc.（交易代码 GMER）61%的股份。2018年1月12日至18日，Tang 与 Laken 协调，把约290万股 GMER 股票转入同伙账户；1月22日，Mohamed 一方黑入多家美国网上券商的多个账户，强迫其买入100多万股 GMER，同伙同时卖出从 Laken 处取得的70多万股，套现近17万美元。Laken 并非初犯：他2002年就曾因与养老基金欺诈有关的敲诈共谋、电汇欺诈，以及一桩股票操纵骗局相关的证券与电汇欺诈共谋被联邦定罪。
量刑安排已经排定：Nagy 现年60岁、住加拿大 Vancouver 一带，他于2026年10月20日认罪，量刑聆讯定于2027年1月20日下午2时在联邦地区法官 Victoria M. Calvert 面前举行；Laken 现年72岁、住 Chicago，他于2026年9月25日认罪，量刑聆讯定于2027年1月13日上午11时。先行认罪的3人中，Sewell（65岁）2024年9月17日认罪、Tang（49岁）2024年10月23日承认共谋电汇欺诈、Wong（67岁）2023年11月29日认罪，3人量刑聆讯排在2027年1月21日至22日。Tang 面临最高20年监禁，Laken、Nagy、Sewell 与 Wong 面临最高5年监禁，每人还可能被判赔偿受害人损失，并处最高25万美元或违法所得、损失两倍金额中较高者的罚款。Mohamed 现年50岁、住加拿大 Calgary，目前仍在逃，检方呼吁知情者向当地执法部门报告其下落。此案由联邦调查局（FBI）调查，证券交易委员会（SEC）提供了大量协助。
Canadian Businessman Zoltan Nagy and Chicago Trader Glenn Laken Plead Guilty: Hacked Brokerage Accounts Forced to Buy Penny Stocks in Pump-and-Dump Schemes Causing Over $1 Million in Losses
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced in Atlanta on October 26 that Zoltan Nagy, a Canadian businessman, and Glenn Laken, an Illinois trader previously convicted of federal securities fraud and racketeering offenses, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit securities fraud in connection with separate but substantially similar international pump-and-dump schemes that resulted in over $1 million in losses. Both schemes involved hacking U.S.-based online consumer brokerage accounts and forcing purchases of worthless penny stocks that the defendants' co-conspirators controlled. Three Canadian co-conspirators, Phillip Sewell, Richard Tang and Davies Wong, previously pleaded guilty to similar charges.
According to U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg, the indictment and other information presented in court, Nagy was the sole officer and director of Lotus Bio-Technology Development Corp., a penny stock company that traded under the ticker LBTD, and by the beginning of August 2017, Nagy, Tang, Wong and Sewell controlled the vast bulk of the LBTD shares available for public trading. On August 16, 2017, Rahim Mohamed, another co-conspirator, or someone acting at his direction, allegedly hacked into a U.S.-based online brokerage account and forced it to purchase 200,000 LBTD shares, while Wong and other co-conspirators sold approximately 261,000 shares, the majority of which were ultimately purchased by the hacked account at inflated prices. On September 19, 2017, the co-conspirators struck again on a significantly larger scale: Mohamed or others at his direction allegedly hacked into 24 customer accounts at multiple U.S.-based online brokerage firms and forced them to purchase millions of LBTD shares, while Wong and others sold approximately 7.75 million shares for nearly $1.1 million in proceeds, which were then divided between Nagy, Wong, Tang, Mohamed, Sewell and others.
Laken was the CEO, chairman and controlling shareholder of a publicly traded company that by late 2017 owned 61 percent of Good Gaming, Inc., a penny stock company that traded under the ticker GMER. Between January 12 and January 18, 2018, Tang coordinated with Laken to transfer approximately 2.9 million GMER shares to accounts held by co-conspirators. On January 22, 2018, Mohamed or others at his direction allegedly hacked into several accounts at U.S.-based online brokerage firms and forced them to purchase more than one million GMER shares, while other co-conspirators sold more than 700,000 of the shares they had originally obtained from Laken for nearly $170,000, with the proceeds divided between Laken, Tang, Mohamed and others. Laken was convicted in 2002 of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud and other federal charges related to a pension fund fraud and a conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud related to a stock manipulation scheme.
Nagy, 60, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pleaded guilty on October 20, 2026, and his sentencing hearing is set for January 20, 2027, at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Victoria M. Calvert. Laken, 72, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on September 25, 2026, and his sentencing hearing is set for January 13, 2027, at 11:00 a.m. Sewell, 65, of Vancouver, pleaded guilty on September 17, 2024, Tang, 49, of Vancouver, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on October 23, 2024, and Wong, 67, of Vancouver, pleaded guilty on November 29, 2023; their sentencing hearings are set for January 21 and 22, 2027. Tang faces up to twenty years in prison, and Laken, Nagy, Sewell and Wong face up to five years each; each defendant may also be ordered to pay restitution and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gain or loss amount, whichever is greater. Rahim Mohamed, 50, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is still at large, and information regarding his whereabouts should be reported to local law enforcement. The case is being investigated by the FBI, with substantial assistance from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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