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Texas Oil and Gas Businessman Settles $80M Fraud Case Involving Breitling Energy Shares
The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced this week that Christopher Faulkner, a Texas businessman, will pay $23.8M to settle oil and gas charges involving an alleged over $80M securities scam that bilked hundreds of investors. Faulkner, who called himself the “Frack Master” and claimed to be an expert in hydraulic fracturing, is accused of setting up several companies and then selling interests in oil and gas prospects to investors in Texas and other US states.
The regulator contends that Faulkner:
- “Systematically deceived” investors through offering materials that were “false and misleading.”