The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order halting an alleged fraud involving stock in a Parkland-based company that claimed to be developing a revolutionary internet shopping application.

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami also approved an emergency asset freeze. SEC regional director Eric I. Bustillo in Miami said organizers “preyed upon elderly victims” for personal benefit in a scheme that raised more than $2.4 million from at least 26 investors nationwide.