Authorities: area man duped 60 investors, used funds to buy luxury cars

The SEC also alleges Steven Brickner misrepresented to investors his experience as a successful entrepreneur.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 3:36 p.m. April 27, 2020
  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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TAMPA — Federal authorities have charged Hillsborough County resident Steven Brickner with investment fraud, alleging he duped more than 60 retail investors out of some $5.5 million through purported investments in marijuana-related companies Brickner controlled.

 

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