德克萨斯州石油和天然气商人定居8000万美元的欺诈案件，涉及百年式能源股份

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 $80Msecurities scam这使数百名投资者蒙上了一笔。福克纳称自己为“果酱大师”，并声称自己是液压压裂方面的专家，他被指控成立了几家公司，然后向德克萨斯州和美国其他州的投资者出售石油和天然气前景的利益。

监管机构认为福克纳：

• “Systematically deceived” investors through offering materials that were “false and misleading.”
• 挪用了数百万美元的钱。
• Lied about his expertise, drilling cost-estimates, and how their money would be used.
• Manipulated the stock in the publicly traded company he ran called Breitling Energy Corporation.

He is accused of misappropriating about $23.8M of investor money to support his lavish lifestyle. The alleged securities scam began in 2011. Through cold calls, Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation sold investors “turnkey” oil-and-gas working interests. Other companies allegedly involved in the fraud included successor company BECC and affiliated entities Patriot Energy Inc. and Crude Energy LLC, which Faulkner also controlled.

Several other people and entities also were charged by the Commission for their alleged involvement, and most of them have settled.

在福克纳案中，耗资2380万美元的和解部分是为了撤销。他还被禁止在任何SEC报告公司担任董事或官员身份。

在平行刑事案件中，福克纳对证券欺诈，逃税和洗钱认罪。bob200体育他被判处12年徒刑。

Court documents unsealed this week accused Faulkner of raising over $71M from investors. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, Faulkner allegedly estimated drilling costs by up to 800% while his companies kept the difference between the numbers he projected and what the wells actually cost. Investors were given a supposed independently conducted “Geology Report.” In truth, the report overstated the prospects of the wells and was generated by someone paid by Faulkner.

Regarding the money from investors that he used to fund his own lifestyle, Faulkner used the funds for luxury travel, concierge service, multiple expensive vehicles, and for the upkeep of a number of homes.

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阅读2016年投诉（PDF）

油气商人对数百万的投资者欺骗投资者认罪, Justice.gov, October 23, 2018

SEC Announces $23.8 Million Settlement with the Self-Proclaimed “Frack Master”, SEC, October 23, 2018