Mealey's ( November 2, 2022, 8:51 AM EDT) -- DURHAM, N.C. — Arguing in part that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn’t sufficiently plead that they are investment advisers, two men who served as executives of various companies filed motions in North Carolina federal court seeking dismissal of all charges against them for what the SEC alleges was “a series of fraudulent and improper schemes” that defrauded clients of more than $75 million....