The SEC alleges that Corey Ribotsky and his firm The NIR Group LLC repeatedly lied to investors to hide the truth that his PIPE investment and trading strategy was failing during the financial crisis., Corey Ribotsky is a full-time artist living in New York City. A member of the Artist Society of New York since 2007, he is the recipient of numerous awards and juried honors. His work is found in many private and corporate collections throughout the United States and overseas., N.I.R. Group hedge fund founder, Corey Ribotsky, filed for personal bankruptcy leaving a whopping $36 million of debt unpaid a year after he settled with the SEC for investor fraud., Appellant's REPLY BRIEF by Corey S. Ribotsky. (Weiss, Ronald) Appellee's BRIEF by Securities and Exchange Commission. (Jacobson, Neal) Notice of Bankruptcy Record Received (US Bankruptcy Court EDNY, 8 23-70583 ast)., The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, on November 14, 2013 the Honorable Joseph F. Bianco, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York, entered a final judgment by consent against Defendant Corey Ribotsky., The latest accusations against NIR Group's $770 million family of hedge funds, run from Roslyn, N.Y., by 38-year-old Corey Ribotsky, come from investor Steven Mizel, who in a lawsuit against .