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by Mike Caswell

Jonathan Farber, a New York man charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alongside Vancouver's Aarif Jamani for a $4.7-million scheme on the OTC Markets, denies that he did anything wrong. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) The SEC claims that the men improperly sold shares of a company called County Line Energy Corp. amidst a paid promotion in 2018. Among other things, promoters touted a supposed device called the "Grow Box 5000" and made claims that the company had an "upside of 489%."

The denials from Mr. Farber, 57, are contained in an answer that he filed in federal court in New York on Tuesday, March 26. The document is 15 pages long, but it mostly contains generic statements. In what details Mr. Farber does provide, he denies that he received any profits from the scheme, and in particular says that he did not receive money from Mr. Jamani or from a numbered B.C. company that Mr. Jamani controlled. He also denies that he was part of a group that controlled County Line. In response to much of the remainder of the case, he "Denies knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief" as to the allegation.

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