Mealey's (November 18, 2016, 9:42 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A renewable energy company’s sales representative and a related firm have agreed to settle Securities and Exchange Commission claims that they engaged in a scheme to defraud the energy company’s investors in violation of federal securities laws, according to a press release issued by the SEC on Nov. 17 (Securities and Exchange Commission v. Patrick S. Carter, et al., No. 16-2070, C.D. Calif.)....