Guyana climate fight mentioned in alleged US stock scam

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said today it had charged seven people with operating a pump-and-dump stock scam in 2006 and 2007 that purported to provide products and services to fight global warming and Guyana’s climate fight was one of those mentioned in press releases put out by the fraudsters.

According to the South Florida Business Journal, the company was called CO2 Tech Ltd. It was purportedly based in London and traded on the Pink Sheets. The SEC said money was laundered through a Costa Rican asset