Initiated By
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Allegations
SEC Admin Release 34-84300; IA Release 40-5051, September 27, 2018.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Section 203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") against Ismail Elmas ("Respondent" or "Elmas").
The Division of Enforcement alleges that on October 21, 2014, Elmas pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in United States v. Ismail Elmas, No. 1:14-CR-00328 (E.D. Va.). By Judgment entered on March 20, 2015, the District Court sentenced Elmas to 126 months of incarceration and two years of supervised release and ordered him to pay criminal restitution in the amount of $2,976,180.03. The wire fraud count to which Elmas pleaded guilty alleged that, among other things, from at least 2012 through August 2014, Elmas misappropriated client funds for his personal use and misrepresented to clients that the funds were being used for legitimate investment purposes.
Resolution
Order
Bar
Bar (Permanent)
Registration Capacities Affected
association with a broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, transfer agent, or NRSRO
Duration
Indefinite
Start Date
11/30/2022
Registration Capacities Affected
Participating in any offering of a penny stock
Duration
Indefinite
Start Date
11/30/2022