Joseph Cimino (Release No. LR-25031; Feb. 17, 2021)
Litigation Release No. 25031 / February 17, 2021 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Joseph Cimino, Civil Action No. 21 Civ. 1375 (S.D.N.Y., filed February 17, 2021). The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Joseph Cimino of Warwick, New York, the founder and former managing member of 6 Degree Tequila, LLC, with conducting a fraudulent securities offering and misappropriating investors' funds for personal use. According to the SEC's complaint, from approximately December 2014 through September 2017, Cimino raised approximately $985,000 from investors through misrepresentations. ...