CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island man will serve two years in federal prison for his role in a stock scam targeting elderly victims.
Prosecutors say 35-year-old Emin Cohen artificially pumped up stock prices while cold-calling investors who each lost as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Cohen was sentenced Friday by Judge Johanna Seybert, who ordered him to pay more than $80,000 in forfeiture. He had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
Cohen worked with 15 other suspects for a company in Melville, Long Island, that operated between 2014 and 2017.
A sign in their office read, “We’ll pound the phone and with a little bit of luck, we’ll make a ton of money.”
Ten of the others charged pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Five still face trial.
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