Several major law firms and financial firms are utilizing the services of a felon convicted for fraud as well as one individual who probably defrauded some older ladies in New Mexico. Companies that have used the services of these scam artists include but are not limited to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, OpenGate Capital, and Gores...among others. These firms have entrusted a New York City firm known as Washington Square Analytics.
Why would anybody entrust sensitive financial information to people who have a record of fraud? What guaranties do clients have that Washington Square will not use the information for, to be polite, insider trading? Why should anybody entrust sensitive financial data to scam artists?
Do not trust them!
Here are the bad people:
Christopher T. Vulliez was convicted for financial fraud (victims included his own family) and he served six months at Rikers .This felon is a crook. See also , sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2012/lr22246.htm
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 22246 / January 31, 2012
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CHRISTOPHER T. VULLIEZ, ET AL. Civil Action No. 11-cv-3458 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y.)
SEC OBTAINS FINAL JUDGMENTS AGAINST INVESTMENT ADVISER CHRISTOPHER T. VULLIEZ AND AMPHOR ADVISORS, LLC
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on January 30, 2012 the Honorable Richard M. Berman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against defendants Christopher T. Vulliez and Amphor Advisors, LLC. The final judgment imposes a permanent injunction against future violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and orders defendants to pay disgorgement.
The Commission’s Complaint alleged that, between March 2010 and January 2011, Vulliez and Amphor misappropriated at least $700,000 from his closest family and friends. According to the complaint, Vulliez made false and misleading statements to his clients that he would invest their funds in a biotech company. Instead, he and Amphor misappropriated the funds. The Complaint charged Vulliez and Amphor with violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder.
The final judgment permanently enjoins defendants Vulliez and Amphor from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder. In addition, the final judgment orders defendants to pay disgorgement, on a joint and several basis, of $820,500. Defendants consented to the entry of the final judgment.
In a related criminal action, on December 7, 2011, Vulliez pled guilty to, inter alia, one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree in violation of Penal Law §190.65(1)(b) and ten counts of Securities Fraud in violation of General Business Law § 352-C(6), before the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York in The People of the State of New York v. Christopher T. Vulliez, Superior Court Information No. 5556/2011, Docket No. 2011NY087021. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Vulliez will receive a sentence of six months incarceration followed by five years of probation and be ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,176,755.48.
Earlier, on August 20, 2011, the Commission filed an Amended Complaint to name Sophie Pachella and EatStrong, LLC as relief defendants. The Amended Complaint alleged that Vulliez diverted a portion of the investor funds that he had misappropriated to EatStrong and Pachella. On August 31, 2011, Judge Berman entered a final judgment that ordered EatStrong and Pachella to pay disgorgement, on a joint and several basis, of $375,000. EatStrong and Pachella consented to the entry of the final judgment.
The partner of Vulliez is Donald Hockmuth. His self- generates bio smells of lies. washingtonsquareanalytics.com/donald-e-hockmuth-jr/ not one single fact in that bio can be verified; he skipped any and all specifics:
Donald E. Hockmuth, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer of Washington Square Analytics, Inc. He has been with the firm since its inception. He is responsible for operations and the development and implementation of global strategies to ensure the growth of the company.
Mr. Hockmuth has thirty years of knowledge and experience vis-a-vis international business, operations, sales, finance and banking. He has extensive experience in performing corporate credit analysis to assess the structural strength of potential financings. He possesses an extensive background in global trade, investment, capital flows and the transatlantic economy.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Hockmuth served as Chief Financial Officer and Gérant of a materials science firm and its French corporate partner both specializing in atomistic modeling. He led a diverse team of scientists and industry professionals engaged in (2008-2013) achieving significant material results for the company’s clients. He was responsible for financial operations, legal affairs, human resources, marketing and sales, specifically, the development and implementation of global sales strategies to ensure financial growth.
Between 1990 and 2008, Mr. Hockmuth founded and directed an eponymous financial advisory firm specializing in complex project financing, highly leveraged transactions, government contracting, acquisitions and restructurings.
Early in his career, Mr. Hockmuth participated in debt negotiation talks between major world banks and the countries of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Concomitant with his doctoral studies, he performed economic and political risk analysis focusing on economic development, national sovereignty over natural resources, protection of alien property, nationalization and evolving norms of international economics and trade.
He was educated at New York University (B.A., 1985, Economics, Journalism and Political Science), Boston College and Fordham University (M.A., 1988, magna c*m laude, International Political Economics and Development, doctoral course work completed, 1990).
But there is more:
In 207 or before Hockmuth “Plaintiffs' son hired an individual named Donald Hockmuth as a financial advisor. (Pai Aff. ¶ 6.) Without authorization from Plaintiffs, and with the cooperation of Defendant, Hockmuth *44 withdrew funds from the two HELOCs for the benefit of Hockmuth. (Pai Aff. ¶ 7.” See also https://casetext.com/case/pai-v-wells-fargo-bank
You are correct on Donald Hockmuth’s bio smelling of lies. During the mid 90s he was investigated and convicted of embezzling federal contract funds and served time in prison (inmate
Register Number: 09250-051; Released On: 02/16/1996). He was also caught kiting checks. And more recently (mid 2000s maybe) he fleeced a number of private investors in Santa Fe.
Washington Square Analytics, Inc. Reviews
ABQ Journal Nov 1, 2006
"Wednesday, November 1, 2006
FBI Looks Into Fraud
By Martin Salazar
Journal Staff Writer
A Santa Fe financial adviser suspected of using clients' bank accounts to engage in fraud in an
apparent multi-million-dollar check kiting scheme is now the target of an FBI investigation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized financial records, a computer and other items
from Donald E. Hockmuth Jr.'s business . . . ."
Several major law firms and financial firms are utilizing the services of a felon convicted for fraud as well as one individual who probably defrauded some older ladies in New Mexico. Companies that have used the services of these scam artists include but are not limited to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, OpenGate Capital, and Gores...among others. These firms have entrusted a New York City firm known as Washington Square Analytics.
Why would anybody entrust sensitive financial information to people who have a record of fraud? What guaranties do clients have that Washington Square will not use the information for, to be polite, insider trading? Why should anybody entrust sensitive financial data to scam artists?
Do not trust them!
Here are the bad people:
Christopher T. Vulliez was convicted for financial fraud (victims included his own family) and he served six months at Rikers .This felon is a crook. See also , sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2012/lr22246.htm
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Litigation Release No. 22246 / January 31, 2012
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CHRISTOPHER T. VULLIEZ, ET AL. Civil Action No. 11-cv-3458 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y.)
SEC OBTAINS FINAL JUDGMENTS AGAINST INVESTMENT ADVISER CHRISTOPHER T. VULLIEZ AND AMPHOR ADVISORS, LLC
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on January 30, 2012 the Honorable Richard M. Berman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment against defendants Christopher T. Vulliez and Amphor Advisors, LLC. The final judgment imposes a permanent injunction against future violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and orders defendants to pay disgorgement.
The Commission’s Complaint alleged that, between March 2010 and January 2011, Vulliez and Amphor misappropriated at least $700,000 from his closest family and friends. According to the complaint, Vulliez made false and misleading statements to his clients that he would invest their funds in a biotech company. Instead, he and Amphor misappropriated the funds. The Complaint charged Vulliez and Amphor with violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder.
The final judgment permanently enjoins defendants Vulliez and Amphor from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act, Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder. In addition, the final judgment orders defendants to pay disgorgement, on a joint and several basis, of $820,500. Defendants consented to the entry of the final judgment.
In a related criminal action, on December 7, 2011, Vulliez pled guilty to, inter alia, one count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree in violation of Penal Law §190.65(1)(b) and ten counts of Securities Fraud in violation of General Business Law § 352-C(6), before the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York in The People of the State of New York v. Christopher T. Vulliez, Superior Court Information No. 5556/2011, Docket No. 2011NY087021. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Vulliez will receive a sentence of six months incarceration followed by five years of probation and be ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,176,755.48.
Earlier, on August 20, 2011, the Commission filed an Amended Complaint to name Sophie Pachella and EatStrong, LLC as relief defendants. The Amended Complaint alleged that Vulliez diverted a portion of the investor funds that he had misappropriated to EatStrong and Pachella. On August 31, 2011, Judge Berman entered a final judgment that ordered EatStrong and Pachella to pay disgorgement, on a joint and several basis, of $375,000. EatStrong and Pachella consented to the entry of the final judgment.
The partner of Vulliez is Donald Hockmuth. His self- generates bio smells of lies. washingtonsquareanalytics.com/donald-e-hockmuth-jr/ not one single fact in that bio can be verified; he skipped any and all specifics:
Donald E. Hockmuth, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer of Washington Square Analytics, Inc. He has been with the firm since its inception. He is responsible for operations and the development and implementation of global strategies to ensure the growth of the company.
Mr. Hockmuth has thirty years of knowledge and experience vis-a-vis international business, operations, sales, finance and banking. He has extensive experience in performing corporate credit analysis to assess the structural strength of potential financings. He possesses an extensive background in global trade, investment, capital flows and the transatlantic economy.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Hockmuth served as Chief Financial Officer and Gérant of a materials science firm and its French corporate partner both specializing in atomistic modeling. He led a diverse team of scientists and industry professionals engaged in (2008-2013) achieving significant material results for the company’s clients. He was responsible for financial operations, legal affairs, human resources, marketing and sales, specifically, the development and implementation of global sales strategies to ensure financial growth.
Between 1990 and 2008, Mr. Hockmuth founded and directed an eponymous financial advisory firm specializing in complex project financing, highly leveraged transactions, government contracting, acquisitions and restructurings.
Early in his career, Mr. Hockmuth participated in debt negotiation talks between major world banks and the countries of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Concomitant with his doctoral studies, he performed economic and political risk analysis focusing on economic development, national sovereignty over natural resources, protection of alien property, nationalization and evolving norms of international economics and trade.
He was educated at New York University (B.A., 1985, Economics, Journalism and Political Science), Boston College and Fordham University (M.A., 1988, magna c*m laude, International Political Economics and Development, doctoral course work completed, 1990).
But there is more:
In 207 or before Hockmuth “Plaintiffs' son hired an individual named Donald Hockmuth as a financial advisor. (Pai Aff. ¶ 6.) Without authorization from Plaintiffs, and with the cooperation of Defendant, Hockmuth *44 withdrew funds from the two HELOCs for the benefit of Hockmuth. (Pai Aff. ¶ 7.” See also https://casetext.com/case/pai-v-wells-fargo-bank
If this is not crooked…what is?
Steer Clear
You are correct on Donald Hockmuth’s bio smelling of lies. During the mid 90s he was investigated and convicted of embezzling federal contract funds and served time in prison (inmate
Register Number: 09250-051; Released On: 02/16/1996). He was also caught kiting checks. And more recently (mid 2000s maybe) he fleeced a number of private investors in Santa Fe.