Biotech Executive to Settle SEC Suit Over Misappropriated Funds

April 29, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC

A biotech executive agreed to settle an SEC suit alleging he misappropriated about $3.2 million in corporate funds, including to buy a Beverly Hills mansion.

Anthony J. Cataldo carried out the scheme from November 2020 through October 2021 while serving as the CEO and chairman of an unnamed clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Central District of California.

Cataldo allegedly took $644,500 in unauthorized compensation payments and used nearly $2.6 million in company money as a down payment on a $9.15 million home.

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