Five Individuals Indicted for Devising and Participating in Stock Manipulation Scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice reports in its press release (quotation, not an independent finding): “WASHINGTON - A 24-count indictment charging five individuals with various crimes arising from an alleged scheme to defraud investors through the manipulation of the publicly traded stocks of three companies was unsealed today in Tulsa, Okla., announced Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma David E. O’Meilia. The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Tulsa on Jan. 15, 2009, alleges the scheme reaped the defendants in excess of $41 million. G. David Gordon, 47, a Tulsa, Okla., attorney, and Richard Clark, 61, also of Tulsa, were arrested and are scheduled to make their initial appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Louisville, Ky., attorney James Reskin, 50, was also arrested today and is scheduled to make his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Dean Sheptycki, 41, a resident of the Bahamas, was arrested by Bahamian authorities today and currently awaits extradition to the United States. The indictment also charges Dallas-area resident Joshua Wayne Lankford, 35, in the scheme to defraud. Two companies based in Tulsa at the time of the alleged scheme were among those whose stock was manipulated: Deep Rock Oil & Gas, Inc. and Global Beverage Solutions, Inc., formerly known as Pacific Peak Investments. The third company, National Storm Management Group, Inc., is based in Glen Ellyn, Ill. The indictment alleges that between April 2004 and December 2006, the defendants devised and engaged i”