SEC Charges Brothers Over Alleged $61 Million Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Investors

The brothers spent millions in investor funds on luxury homes, designer goods, and vehicles, the SEC alleges.
SEC Charges Brothers Over Alleged $61 Million Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Investors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington on Sept. 18, 2008. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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Two brothers accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of operating a $61 million Ponzi scheme have reached an agreement with the agency and will repay more than 80 investors they defrauded in the United States.

The SEC filed a complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta on Aug. 26 charging Jonathan Adam, of Angleton, Texas, and his brother, Tanner Adam, of Miami, Florida, along with their respective companies, GCZ Global LLC and Triten Financial Group LLC, with violating the antifraud provisions of federal securities laws.
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