# SEC Litigation Release LR-23878

> Civil enforcement action · 2017-07-12

## Defendants

Powertraderspress.com, Inc., Elite Stock Research, Inc., Erik Matz, Ronald Hardy, Anthony Vassallo, Stephanie Lee, Jeffrey Chartier, Lawrence D. Isen, Robert Gleckman, Brian Heepke, Dennis J. Verderosa, Emin Cohen, Sergio Ramirez, and Ashley Antos, Defendants, and Hermann Matz, Joseph Matz, Brittney Ballestas, Melissa Kurtzke, Janine Acosta, Type A Partners, Inc., Strategic Capital Markets, Inc., Marketbyte LLC, Snap or Tap Productions, LLC, Dacona Financial LLC, TradeMastersPro.com, Inc., MyStr

## Related filings

SEC Complaint


## Key facts

- **Release number:** LR-23878
- **Release date:** 2017-07-12
- **Defendants:** Powertraderspress.com, Inc., Elite Stock Research, Inc., Erik Matz, Ronald Hardy, Anthony Vassallo, Stephanie Lee, Jeffrey Chartier, Lawrence D. Isen, Robert Gleckman, Brian Heepke, Dennis J. Verderosa, Emin Cohen, Sergio Ramirez, and Ashley Antos, Defendants, and Hermann Matz, Joseph Matz, Brittney Ballestas, Melissa Kurtzke, Janine Acosta, Type A Partners, Inc., Strategic Capital Markets, Inc., Marketbyte LLC, Snap or Tap Productions, LLC, Dacona Financial LLC, TradeMastersPro.com, Inc., MyStr

## Primary sources

- SEC HTML release: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2017/lr23878.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-23878 (2017-07-12), Powertraderspress.com, Inc., Elite Stock Research, Inc., Erik Matz, Ronald Hardy, Anthony Vassallo, Stephanie Lee, Jeffrey Chartier, Lawrence D. Isen, Robert Gleckman, Brian Heepke, Dennis J. Verderosa, Emin Cohen, Sergio Ramirez, and Ashley Antos, Defendants, and Hermann Matz, Joseph Matz, Brittney Ballestas, Melissa Kurtzke, Janine Acosta, Type A Partners, Inc., Strategic Capital Markets, Inc., Marketbyte LLC, Snap or Tap Productions, LLC, Dacona Financial LLC, TradeMastersPro.com, Inc., MyStr. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/sec-litigation/23878.

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