Getty Images Takeover Bid Was 'Old-Fashioned Pump-And-Dump Scheme,' Finds SEC: Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty
Getty Images Takeover Bid Was 'Old-Fashioned Pump-And-Dump Scheme,' Finds SEC: Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday charged Massachusetts man Robert Scott Murray, and his company, Trillium Capital LLC, with a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the stock price of Getty Images Holdings Inc (NYSE:GETY).
美國證券交易委員會（SEC）週五指控馬薩諸塞州男子羅伯特·斯科特·默雷（Robert Scott Murray）及其公司Trillium Capital LLC欺詐性操縱Getty Images Holdings Inc（紐約證券交易所：GETY）的股票價格。
What Happened: The SEC accused Murray and Trillium of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme to inflate the stock price of Getty Images by falsely announcing a buyout offer from Trillium.
事件經過：SEC指控Murray和Trillium通過虛假宣佈收購報價來捏造Getty Images的股票價格。
The SEC's complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleges that Murray and Trillium issued press releases in early April 2023, urging Getty Images to either sell itself or add Murray to its board of directors.
SEC的控訴文件提交至馬薩諸塞州聯邦地區法院，稱Murray和Trillium在2023年4月初發布新聞稿，敦促Getty Images要麼出售自己，要麼將Murray任命爲其董事會成員。
When these releases failed to significantly impact the stock price, Murray allegedly devised a plan to inflate the stock price by announcing a fake buyout offer for $10 a share, or twice Getty's closing price the prior trading day, causing Getty's stock prices to rise.
當這些新聞稿未能對股票價格產生顯著影響時，Murray據稱想出了一種方案，通過宣佈10美元每股的假收購報價，即前一個交易日Getty股票收盤價的兩倍，導致Getty的股票價格上漲，以推高股票價格。
SEC termed the offer "false and misleading" and said that Murray and Trillium never had the intention to buy the company and made no genuine effort to fund the proposed transaction. Murray started liquidating his Getty stock immediately after the announcement, without waiting for Getty's response, it said.
SEC稱該收購報價爲“虛假且誤導性”，並表示Murray和Trillium從未有意購買該公司並且沒有真正努力籌集擬議交易的資金。據稱Murray在公告發布後立即開始清算他的Getty股票，而不是等待Getty的回應。
"Murray claimed that his buyout proposal could create real value for Getty shareholders," said Mark Cave, Associate Director in the SEC's Division of Enforcement, in a statement. "But we allege that, in the end, Murray leveraged his professional credentials to orchestrate an old-fashioned pump-and-dump scheme, disguised as shareholder activism."
SEC執法部門副主任馬克·凱夫（Mark Cave）在一份聲明中表示：“Murray聲稱他的收購提案可以爲Getty的股東創造真正的價值，但是我們聲稱，最終，Murray利用他的專業資質來策劃一次僞造股東行動的泵和傾銷計劃。”
Why It Matters: To resolve SEC's charges of violating antifraud provisions, Murray and Trillium have agreed to a judgment that permanently prohibits them from future violations of certain federal securities laws, bars Murray from serving as an officer or director of a public company, and restricts them from participating in certain securities-related conduct.
爲解決SEC的欺詐指控，Murray和Trillium同意判決，永久禁止他們違反某些聯邦證券法，禁止Murray擔任公開公司的高級職務或董事，並限制他們參與某些證券相關的行爲。
The SEC's charges against Murray and Trillium come together with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announcing criminal charges against Murray.
SEC對Murray和Trillium的指控與馬薩諸塞州的聯邦檢察官辦公室宣佈對Murray提出刑事指控一起。
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