Joseph Padilla

Nearly three months after they were criminally indicted in the United States for allegedly perpetrating a $150 million securities fraud with the help of a Cayman Islands brokerage - Valor Capital - operated by a citizen of Latvia, Joseph Padilla and Kevin Dills have been sued for fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Complaint alleging "a fraudulent scheme to sell stock to the public" involving entities or individuals in or from the Cayman Islands, Latvia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, and USA in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Joseph A. Padilla, described as "a United States citizen who has held permanent resident visas in Mexico and Russia", and Kevin C. Dills, as Defendants, and Bright Star International Inc., Life Sciences Journeys Inc., Carlos Hernandez, Jamie Quick, Ashley Robinson, and Arlene Sandoval, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Criminal Indictment alleging securities fraud in USA v. Joseph A. Padilla and Kevin C. Dills at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Criminal Complaint alleging securities fraud in USA v. Joseph A. Padilla at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.