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Denver lawyer guilty in $20 million stock pump-and-dump scheme that sent Connecticut councilman to
Denver lawyer guilty in $20 million stock “pump-and-dump” scheme that sent Connecticut councilman to prisonA 63-year-old Denver attorney pleaded guilty in New Haven, Conn., for her role in a securities fraud scheme that bilked investors out of $20 million and sent a former Hartford city councilman to jail.
Diane Dalmy on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy, according to John Durham, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. Her sentencing is scheduled in May. She faces up to five years in prison.
The defendants in the scheme — with ties to Florida, Colorado and New Hampshire — include former Hartford councilman Corey Brinson, who is serving a three-year sentence at a federal prison in Lewisburg, Pa., according to federal prison records.
Dalmy had a prior run-in with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after issuing a positive opinion letter about a shell corporation. On July 29, 2016, she was permanently disqualified from appearing or practicing law before the SEC, according to federal documents.
Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/07/denver-lawyer-guilty-financial-scheme/