Mohammed Ali Rashid, a former senior partner at Apollo Management L.P., was charged with violating violated, and in the alternative aiding and abetting violations of, Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 pursuant to his defrauding his fund clients by secretly billing them for approximately $290,000 in personal expenditures, including his family vacations, visits to a hair salon, and purchases of designer clothing and high-end electronics. For example, the SEC Press Release alleges that:

The Complaint alleges that on two occasions in 2010 and 2012, Rashid's firm caught his fraud and told him to stop but, despite those warnings, he persisted in expensing personal items to his client into 2013. According to the SEC's complaint, despite being caught by the firm and told to stop on two occasions in 2010 and 2012, Rashid continued to expense personal items to clients into 2013.  After he was confronted about his expenses for a third time, Rashid admitted that he charged approximately $220,000 in personal expenses.  A forensic accountant then uncovered additional personal expenses that Rashid improperly charged to clients.

READ the Full Text Complaint https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2017/comp-pr2017-199.pdf