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Kelly Kabilafkas allegedly promoted shares in Airborne Wireless Network, then dumped the stock.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged seven people in connection with an allegedly fraudulent scheme to gain control of a technology company, pump up its stock, and defraud investors.
According to the SEC’s complaint, Kalistratos “Kelly” Kabilafkas secretly purchased essentially all of the outstanding stock of Airborne Wireless Network, a Nevada corporation headquartered in Simi Valley, California, then distributed millions of shares to his associates and himself. The six associates have also been charged in the alleged scheme.
Airborne was originally incorporated in 2011 as Ample-Tee Inc., which sold ergonomic products, such as chairs and workstations, for the physically disabled. But in 2016, the company changed its name to Airborne Wireless Network, and later radically changed its line of business to purportedly develop, market, and license a “high-speed meshed broadband airborne wireless network by linking commercial aircraft in flight.”
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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Airborne Wireless Network, et al., No. 21-civ-01772 (S.D.N.Y., filed March 2, 2021)
Washington D.C., March 5, 2021 - The Securities and Exchange Commission charged seven individuals and a technology company in connection with a fraudulent scheme to gain control of Airborne Wireless Network, promote its stock, and defraud investors.
According to the SEC's complaint, Kalistratos "Kelly" Kabilafkas secretly purchased essentially all the outstanding stock of the shell company now known as Airborne, then distributed millions of shares among himself and his associates, including defendants Timoleon "Tim" Kabilafkas, Panagiotis Bolovis, Eric Scheffey, Chrysilios Chrysiliou, and Moshe Rabin. As alleged, Kelly Kabilafkas and his associates deceived Airborne's transfer agent and broker dealers in order to have the shares transferred into their names, deposited in brokerage accounts, and cleared for sale to the public. The complaint alleges that Kelly Kabilafkas, through defendant Jack Edward Daniels, Airborne, and other third parties, spent millions of dollars on advertisements that concealed that Airborne was a vehicle for Kabilafkas's fraudulent scheme. The complaint further alleges that, while the promotional campaign was underway, Kelly Kabilafkas and his associates sold approximately 11.8 million Airborne shares for proceeds of more than $22 million, much of which was kicked back to benefit the Kabilafkas family. As alleged, Airborne raised another approximately $22.8 million dollars from unsuspecting investors through public and private offerings while materially false and misleading statements about the company were publicly available. In total, the complaint alleges, the scheme raised nearly $45 million.
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