--- title: "Joseph Endoso: dated roles and guilty plea" language: en canonical: https://osint.v3rta.com/dossiers/linqto/joseph-endoso/ as_of: 2026-10-09 keywords: ["Linqto","Liquidshares","Linqto Capital","private market investments","series interests","Chapter 11","customer recovery plan","Sandton financing","Forge trustee dispute","corporate governance","securities proceedings"] --- # Joseph Endoso: dated roles and guilty plea - Also known as: Joe Endoso · Joe A. Endoso · Joseph Antonio Endoso · Joseph A. Endoso **Question.** Which roles and outcomes belong specifically to Endoso? **Answer.** Endoso held several Linqto offices and broker registrations in different periods. His August 2026 guilty plea is confined to his own criminal case. ## Dated offices and registrations - Analysis: Company announcements describe Endoso as chief revenue officer and director in 2021, then announce his appointment as CEO February 23, 2024 and identify him as continuing CEO in April. The later restructuring narrative describes Sarris’s resignation only on January 2, 2025, creating a different executive chronology. These dated descriptions remain competing records rather than one assumed continuous office. [s-d68] [s-d22] [s-d24] - Analysis: His retained broker report separates Capital registration in January–February 2024 from November–December 2024, alongside earlier Rainmaker and other firm registrations. Registration is distinct from corporate office and does not turn those intervals into a continuous year. The customer complaint alleges Rainmaker affiliation and sales commissions during at least 2020–2022; that role allegation is separate from the later criminal plea. [s-d25] [s-d147] - Analysis: The report also discloses an outstanding California tax lien. Endoso said the amount was under discussion with his accountant and the tax authority. This personal financial disclosure is distinct from securities misconduct and does not establish an imposed criminal or securities sanction. [s-d25] ## The guilty plea and separate claims - Analysis: Prosecutors say Endoso pleaded guilty before Judge Denise Cote August 27, 2026 to securities fraud, broker-dealer fraud and two conspiracies, and was cooperating with the government. No retained source establishes his sentence. His plea does not decide another participant’s liability. [s-d14] - Analysis: The retained New York criminal docket is 1:26-cr-00390, with sealed August orders concerning an information and waiver of indictment. The full information was not retained; later docket unsealing and secondary summaries do not move the plea date. In the separate customer civil case, the docket records service December 16, 2025 and counsel’s appearance July 28, 2026. [s-d165] [s-d175] ## Sources - [s-d68] Company statement source · s-d68 - [s-d22] Linqto employee FAQ on the proposed BCSA combination, April 9, 2024, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR - [s-d24] Company statement source · s-d24 - [s-d25] FINRA BrokerCheck: Joseph Antonio Endoso, CRD 4685036, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - [s-d147] Court record source · s-d147 - [s-d14] SDNY announcement of charges against Sarris and Endoso's plea, September 2, 2026, U.S. Department of Justice, Southern District of New York - [s-d165] Court record source · s-d165 - [s-d175] Court record source · s-d175