The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued David Lethem and Michael Palleschi, former executives for Naples-based FTE Networks, Thursday in Florida Middle District Court for alleged accounting fraud. The court action accuses the defendants of inflating financial statements and misappropriating millions of dollars. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 2:21-cv-00530, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Palleschi et al.