China reverse merger apologist, fund manager, and NY Daily News columnist Peter Siris (remember him?) is finally no longer a stain upon the US markets. Early this morning the SEC issued an Initial Decision (read it here) banishing him from the securities industry.

IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78o(b), and Section 203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. § 80b-3(f), PETER SIRIS IS BARRED from associating with any broker, dealer, investment adviser, municipal securities dealer, municipal advisor, transfer agent, or nationally recognized statistical rating organization and from participating in an offering of penny stock.

Any chance he’ll autograph our office copy of his book, Guerilla Investing: Winning Strategies for Beating the Wall Street Professionals, available for $0.01 at Amazon?

UPDATE: Just ordered an office copy of his OTHER book, The Peking Mandate. Also available for $0.01 at Amazon.