Former Aegis Capital Broker Surage Roshan Perera Arrested For Fraud According to DOJ

Recently, the Financial Advisor Magazine has reported on the troubling charges against Surage Roshan Perera, who is the founder of Janues Capital Inc. and lives in Bellerose, Queens. Surage Perera was charged with fraud by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This troubling news was announced in March of 2023.

Perera allegedly reached out to one client to invest, via email, telephone calls and text from February 2022 to March 2023, to purchase shares in the Nasdaq index and New York Stock Exchange in exchange for a fee. This resulted in one New Jersey resident providing him with $4.2 million, which it is alleged he misappropriated some or all of the money. Surage Perera according to sources, has not entered a plea and it is likely he will enter a plea of not guilty and deny all charges.

Surage Perera was registered with Aegis Capital Corp., from 2018 through September 2022. Brokerage firms have to supervise all securities related activity both inside and outside of their firm for all registered representatives. Perera’s actions may trigger lawsuits against Aegis Capital for his misconduct by the representative while he was employed with Aegis and under their supervision.

Surage Perera’s FINRA BrokerCheck page shows he has been in the securities industry for decades. Perera has been registered with several firms expelled by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, including Caldwell International Securities (in 2017), Global Arena Capital Corp. (in 2016) and Prestige Financial Center (in 2011). His most recent supervising broker dealer was Aegis Capital Corp., from 2018 to 2022, a firm that has been in trouble with the SEC for the sale of complex structured securities. Aegis was ordered by the SEC to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty last July.

Surage Perera only has one reported customer dispute which was includes only one disclosure, settled for $12,000 in 2009.  According to the Financial Advisor magazine and the DOJ, Perera faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

If you lost money due to Surage Perera from 2018 to September 2022 the securities lawyers at Soreide Law Group would like to discuss your potential claims against Aegis Capital. Call 1-888-760-6552, representing investors nationwide through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. All cases are handled on a contingency fee and there is always a free consultation.