SEC Goes After Russian Stock Dealers

WASHINGTON (CN) – The SEC accused a Moscow-based company with selling unregistered securities in the United States. The SEC says OOO CentreInvest Securities, its U.S. affiliate CentreInvest Inc., and four company officers sold stocks in Russian companies without licenses.     The SEC seeks cease-and-desist orders, penalties and disgorgement from Ci-Moscow’s former executive director Dan Rapoport, CI-New York’s former managing director and CFO Svyatoslav Yenin, CI-New York’s former head of sales Vladimir Chekholko, and CI-New York’s chief compliance officer William Herlyn.