Jeffrey A. Citron

Jeffrey A. Citron was the chairman of Vonage, a voice-over-IP phone company. He was previously affiliated with Datek Online, the fourth-largest online stock brokerage at the time of its merger with Ameritrade in September 2002.[1]

Biography

Citron was raised in Brooklyn, the son of Howard Citron.[2] In the early 1990s, his father plead guilty to falsifying business records at a small New York securities firm that supported a stock-rigging scam costing investors millions.[2][3]

Citron was the defendant in a civil enforcement action for securities fraud by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2003.[4] Citron paid approximately $22.5 million of a $70 million settlement to be paid by all the defendants. The SEC said these fines were "among the largest penalty amounts the SEC has ever obtained from individuals."[5] In February 2003, the SEC finalized the settlement, ordering that Citron was "barred from association with any broker or dealer."[6]

In 1999, Citron and his wife Suzanne Lynn founded the Charles Lafitte Foundation (CLF),[7] which has donated over $5 million to nonprofit organizations in the US. The President of CLF is Jennifer McCann Vertetis.[8]

References

  1. ↑ TD AMERITRADE - History TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation AMTD.com
  2. 1 2 Barboza, David (May 10, 1998). "Golden Boy?; He's Dazzled Wall Street, but the Ghosts Of His Company May Haunt His Future". New York Times.
  3. ↑ Hurdle, John (January 23, 1991). "Securities firms, brokers charged in stock-rigging scheme". UPI.
  4. ↑ SEC vs. Sheldon Maschler, Jeffrey A. Citron, (et al.) Securities and Exchange Commission January 14, 2003.
  5. ↑ SEC Charges Former Day-Trading Principals with Securities Fraud; (...) Defendants Agree to Pay Total of $70 Million U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. January 17, 2003.
  6. ↑ SEC Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-11031, In the Matter of Jeffrey A. Citron, Respondent. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 6, 2003.
  7. ↑ "Charles Lafitte Foundation website". Charles Lafitte Foundation. April 2017.
  8. ↑ Board Members listing. Charles Lafitte Foundation website.


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