The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an alert that warns investors about a person who is falsely claiming to be an employee of the SEC and offering to provide assistance with settling federal tax obligations with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
"In communications with members of the public, the name used by this individual is 'Steven Cooper.' The individual also used the e-mail address [email protected] and includes purported correspondence to a fake SEC employee by the name of 'Gordon Green,'" the SEC said in an investor alert released Wednesday.
Investors should beware that the so-called Steven Cooper is not affiliated with the SEC and is not an employee of a U.S. government agency.
