SAC Prosecutor Tells SEC Cohen’s Case Should Be Delayed
May 29th, 2014
An administrative proceeding filed against SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven A. Cohen by the Securities and Exchange Commission should be put on hold because prosecutions of his former employees aren’t fully resolved, the government told an agency judge. ...
Hedge fund manager barred from managing client money until 2018
January 11th, 2016
Steven A. Cohen Barred From Supervisory Hedge Fund Role SEC Examinations and Independent Consultant Reviews Also Part of Settlement The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen will be prohibited from supervising funds that manage ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
SAC’s Martoma wins delay of nine-year insider trading prison term
November 5th, 2014
Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager at billionaire Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund, won an order Tuesday to delay the date he would begin serving a nine-year prison term for insider trading. The 2nd U.S. ...
U.K. Stocks, Power-Tax Rebates, Bonus Remarks: Compliance
July 7th, 2014
Britain’s markets regulator should investigate whether the closing prices of stocks are being manipulated, according to lawmakers. Conservative Mark Garnier pressed for the investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority at a July 3 hearing of the Treasury Committee in ...
Issuer charged with Conducting $100 Million Unregistered Initial Coin Offering
June 12th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting an illegal $100 million securities offering of digital tokens. The SEC charges that Kik sold the tokens to U.S. investors without registering their offer and sale as required ...
Boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer Khaled Khaled charged with unlawfully touting Coin Offerings
December 4th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer Khaled Khaled, known as DJ Khaled, for failing to disclose payments they received for promoting investments in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). These ...
Two Initial Coin Offering issuers settle registration charges
November 20th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against two companies that sold digital tokens in initial coin offerings (ICOs). These are the Commission’s first cases imposing civil penalties solely for ICO securities offering registration violations. Both companies ...
Founder of digital “token” trading platform settled charges
November 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against Zachary Coburn, the founder of EtherDelta, a digital “token” trading platform. This is the SEC’s first enforcement action based on findings that such a platform operated as an unregistered ...
Stock Market Analyst charged with insider trading
September 27th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a stock market analyst with insider trading prior to the publication of research reports and articles he authored with the false disclaimer that he wasn’t trading in the companies being covered. He agreed ...
