BRAEDEN ANDERSON
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Hi, I’m Braeden.
I'm a partner at Gesmer Updegrove LLP, where I lead the Securities Regulatory and Enforcement and Digital Assets practice areas. I’ve served as Assistant General Counsel at Robinhood, practiced at Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin, and represented clients in high-stakes matters before the SEC, DOJ, FINRA, and state regulators.
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Trillium Capital Manager Sentenced to Prison for Securities Fraud in Getty Images Scheme
A Massachusetts-based venture capitalist, Robert Scott Murray, was sentenced today in Boston’s federal court for orchestrating a securities fraud scheme designed to inflate the trading price of Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GETY). Murray, 61, will serve 10 months in prison and two years of supervised release, as ordered by U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper. Additionally, he faces forfeiture of $227,543 in illicit gains. Murray, who pleaded guilty in June 2024 to one count of securities fraud, had previously led several public companies, including Stream Global Services and 3Com, before founding and managing Trillium Capital LLC.