Justice Department files charges against local penny stock traders …

The stakes have become decidedly higher for two of the three local stock traders accused of running a penny stock pump-and-dump scheme.A federal grand jury has indicted Alexander Hawatmeh of Salem on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and money laundering. It charged Mikhail Galas of Vancouver, Wash. with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.Galas pleaded not guilty Thursday at […]