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SEC Accuses Investment Adviser of Misappropriating Funds from Hedge Funds

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has secured an emergency asset freeze, as well as a temporary restraining order, to stop an ongoing allegedly fraudulent securities offering that was purportedly conducted to conceal the misappropriation of about $570K from hedge fund clients. The regulator contends that investment adviser Eric D. Lyons and his investment advisory businesses, Synchronicity Capital GP, LLC, Synchronicity Capital Group, and Synchronicity Group, LLC, used the money to pay for Lyons’ personal spending, including Broadway shows, concert tickets, sailing expenses, rent, and other costs.

According to the regulator’s complaint, the allegedly fraudulent securities offering involved securing about $300K from one investor who thought other large investors would be potentially involved and that there was a $100M business valuation. The SEC alleges that, in total, the Synchronicity entities and Lyons raised about $700K through both the misappropriation of funds and the allegedly fraudulent offering.