SEC seeks to shut down Colorado investment firm with ties to Las Vegas resident

The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked to permanently shut down Dresdner Financial, a purported investment firm that paid out $848,000, among other illicit expenses, to three Las Vegas call girls.

The case was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Colorado, the home of Dresdner promoter Geoffrey Lunn. But one of the two other defendants was listed as Las Vegas resident Vincent G. Curry, who helped steer investors to Dresdner, according to the SEC.

Curry and his company, Nevada Capital Markets Inc., could not be located for comment.

Dresdner promised that its .44 Magnum Leveraged Financing Program could turn a $44,000 investment into a $2 million return in about two weeks through an obscure series of transactions. The SEC said at least 70 investors put in $5.8 million during the year through February 2011, resulting in
100 percent losses.

Curry, according to the SEC, landed at least eight clients with $848,000. He received $400,000 in payments in return.

Court papers said Lunn gave the money to the call girls to help them achieve "a better type of life."

The complaint asks that three people tied to Dresdner, including Curry and Lunn, to make restitution and for a permanent injunction to not violate federal securities laws in the future.

Contact reporter Tim O'Reiley at
toreiley@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5290.