SEC v. Jonathan Strum, Esq. (reverse merger schemes, 2018)

Judgment entered

Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.

In 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a judgment against Jonathan Strum, Esq., alleging conduct this library classifies as reverse merger schemes and undisclosed control blocks. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency	SEC
Release number	34-82743
Date filed	2018-02-21
Date resolved	2018-02-21
Status	judgment
Criminal parallel	No
Defendants	Jonathan Strum, Esq. (individual)
Techniques	Reverse merger schemes , Undisclosed control blocks

What was ordered

Civil penalty: —
Disgorgement: —
Prejudgment interest: —
Total relief: —
Alleged gain: —

A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the Securities and Exchange Commission announced this matter on February 21, 2018 as release 34-82743. The respondents named are Jonathan Strum, Esq. (1 individual, 0 entities).

This library tags the matter as reverse merger schemes and undisclosed control blocks, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

What technique is this, and how does it work?

This action is tagged with 2 techniques in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.

Reverse merger schemes — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.
Undisclosed control blocks — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.

Timeline

2018-02-21 Administrative proceeding instituted (102e)

Primary documents

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SEC order

The linked release is a work of the United States government and is not subject to copyright. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.

Action	Agency	Filed	Technique	Penalty	Status
SEC v. Benjamin L. Bunker, Esq. (pump and dump, 2020)	SEC	2020-01-23	Pump And Dump , Reverse Merger Schemes +1	—	unknown
SEC v. Delaney Equity Group LLC Delaney and others (reverse merger schemes, 2018)	SEC	2018-08-29	Reverse Merger Schemes , Shell Factories +1	$20k	settled
SEC v. Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company and John C. Ahearn (reverse merger schemes, 2018)	SEC	2018-05-17	Reverse Merger Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks	—	settled
SEC v. Alan Weinberg, CPA and Weinberg & Baer LLC (reverse merger schemes, 2018)	SEC	2018-02-21	Reverse Merger Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks	—	judgment
SEC v. Joe Yiu Cheung ( and Dylon De Lu Zhang) (paid stock promotion, 2017)	SEC	2017-08-02	Paid Stock Promotion , Pump And Dump +2	—	settled
SEC v. Rose and Sheldon MKJJ Consulting LLC (reverse merger schemes, 2017)	SEC	2017-03-23	Reverse Merger Schemes , Undisclosed Control Blocks	—	settled

Record added September 8, 2026. submit a correction.