Scott Mason, a Montgomery County, Pa.-based former investment adviser, Loveladies homeowner and 25% owner of Jen’s Links miniature golf course in Barnegat Light, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with misappropriating more than $20 million from clients, the SEC announced Jan. 17.

Announced the same day were criminal charges against Mason by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. According to U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C.