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SEC accuses fund advisers of misusing investor cash meant for pre-IPO OpenAI and SpaceX shares

  • —SEC says Owen Meyer and Meyer Global Management raised at least $18.5 million from nearly 100 investors and misappropriated at least $1.27 million
  • —Meyer allegedly spent over $18,000 of fund capital at a strip club in April 2023 and wired $10,000 to the club's manager
  • —Christopher Dinelli and Jacob Frankel are accused of defrauding 35 investors of more than $8.7 million through Beyond Alpha Ventures
  • —The funds falsely claimed to hold SpaceX and xAI shares they never owned
Why it matters: The cases highlight growing SEC scrutiny of pre-IPO investment schemes and the risk of fraud in funds promising access to hot private companies.
Source: Fortune Crypto