Salem stock scammer gets 5 years in prison, gives up $700,000 and …

A Salem man who made more than $1.7 million through a series of “pump-and-dump” stock-trading scams was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.Alexander Hawatmeh, 25, admitted that he manipulated the share prices of four penny stocks, then sold off his holdings for enormous returns. Federal prosecutors said that in one March 2014 case, Hawatmeh made $1.27 million through the […]