Financial technology entrepreneur and executive Eric Hannelius reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2024 over allegations that he traded securities after receiving material nonpublic information concerning Digital World Acquisition Corporation’s planned transaction with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. According to the SEC, Hannelius purchased shares and warrants of…
Category: Florida
Paul Herdsman Named in FTC and Florida Tech-Support Settlement
Paul M. Herdsman was among the individual defendants in a federal consumer-protection case brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida involving several technology-support businesses. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, concerned the marketing and sale of computer and technical-support products and services. The…