Dirty Traders

The SEC accused <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Dirty-trader.pdf">Emil Botvinnik</a></strong>, 38, of Coral Gables, Fla., and <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Dirty.2.pdf">Jovannie Aquino</a></strong>, 37, of the Bronx, in separate federal complaints of enriching themselves at the expense of customers through "excessive trading ... that generated substantial commissions."

MANHATTAN — The SEC accused **Emil Botvinnik , 38, of Coral Gables, Fla., and Jovannie Aquino , 37, of the Bronx, in separate federal complaints of enriching themselves at the expense of customers through “excessive trading … that generated substantial commissions.” Botvinnik allegedly raked in $3.7 million while his customers allegedly lost $2.7 million, and Aquino is accused of costing his customers $881,000 while grabbing $935,000 in ill-gotten gains.

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