# SEC Litigation Release LR-15426

> Civil enforcement action · 1997-07-29

## Defendants

Charles Brumfield, Joseph Brumfield, Robert Allen, William Mylett, Joseph Penna, Joseph Cusimano, Alfred Volpe, James Galante, Thomas Alger, John O'Brien, Lawrence Friedman, Robert Flanagan, Thomas Flanagan, Sharon Seiden, Warren Smith, John Lynch, and Albert Brody



## Key facts

- **Release number:** LR-15426
- **Release date:** 1997-07-29
- **Defendants:** Charles Brumfield, Joseph Brumfield, Robert Allen, William Mylett, Joseph Penna, Joseph Cusimano, Alfred Volpe, James Galante, Thomas Alger, John O'Brien, Lawrence Friedman, Robert Flanagan, Thomas Flanagan, Sharon Seiden, Warren Smith, John Lynch, and Albert Brody

## Primary sources

- SEC HTML release: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/1997/lr15426.htm
- Litigation releases index: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases

## What this is

SEC Litigation Releases are the canonical "civil enforcement" docket. The SEC files civil actions in federal court against individuals and entities for securities-law violations — fraud, insider trading, Ponzi schemes, registration violations, misleading disclosures, market manipulation. Each release announces a filing, a settlement, or a final judgment. Activist funds, plaintiff lawyers, and investigative journalists use this archive as the most-comprehensive index of US securities enforcement.

## Citation

> US Securities and Exchange Commission, Litigation Release LR-15426 (1997-07-29), Charles Brumfield, Joseph Brumfield, Robert Allen, William Mylett, Joseph Penna, Joseph Cusimano, Alfred Volpe, James Galante, Thomas Alger, John O'Brien, Lawrence Friedman, Robert Flanagan, Thomas Flanagan, Sharon Seiden, Warren Smith, John Lynch, and Albert Brody. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/sec-litigation/15426.

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