Robert Sillerman fined $179,000 for investment fraud

The ex-SFX chief falsified financial documents and diverted the proceeds of a funding round to his personal bank accounts, alleges the SEC

SFX-era Robert Sillerman

Robert Sillerman has been charged with fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has ordered the former SFX Entertainment CEO to pay a fine of US$179,000, as well as barring him permanently from serving as the director or officer of a business.

The SEC’s complaint, filed on 28 June, relates Sillerman’s post-SFX online publishing business, Function(x), which was quietly wound up last year after Sillerman was forced into bankruptcy by a creditor, Chicago promoter React Presents,…

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