The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced further quasi-criminal charges Tuesday against a man who is already facing a series of similar allegations.

The OSC says Vernon Smith of Barrie, Ont. has been charged with two counts of trading without registration, one count of trading in securities while he was subject to a temporary cease trade order, and one count of trading when he was prohibited from trading in securities under an order of the commission.

The alleged violations have not been proven. Smith’s first court appearance on these charges is scheduled for May 23 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto.

Last year, Smith was also charged with quasi-criminal offences by the OSC. In November last year, he was accused of trading without registration, advising without registration, and two counts of breaching OSC cease trade orders. (See Investment Executive, JSOT gains momentum, November 6, 2013.)

Those allegations have not been proven either. They are also before the courts and awaiting trial.

Both sets of charges follow investigations by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT), which represents an enforcement partnership between the OSC, the RCMP Financial Crime program, and the OPP Anti Rackets Branch.