Search Results for: Fraud
ASIC bans convicted Victorian finance broker from credit activities
May 23rd, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has permanently banned Victorian finance broker, Ms Kieu Thi-Thanh Huynh, from engaging in credit activities after she was convicted of serious fraud offences. Ms Huynh has also been disqualified her from managing ...
Wall Street Finds New Subprime With Brokers Pitching 125% Loans
May 22nd, 2014
Doug Naidus made his fortune selling a mortgage company to Deutsche Bank AG months before the U.S. housing market collapsed. Now he’s found a way to profit from loans to business owners with bad credit. From an office near ...
SEC Charges Private Fund Manager
May 22nd, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Sarasota, Fla.-based private fund manager with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme that ensued after he squandered their money on bad investments and personal expenses. The SEC alleges that Gaeton “Guy” ...
SEC Warns Investors About Marijuana-Related Investments
May 19th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cautioned investors about the potential for fraud in microcap companies that claim their operations relate to the marijuana industry after the agency suspended trading in the fifth such company within the past two ...
FCA warning against clone firms
May 19th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a warning informing the investors that “Startuploans Ltd” and “Loan-Monarch” are clone firms, thus, are not permitted to provide any financial services or products. Furthermore, FCA points out ...
IRS said to make $13B in improper refunds
May 14th, 2014
The U.S. government doled out more than $13 billion last year in improper payments of a tax credit meant to help the working poor, according to a government watchdog. One of the country’s largest cash assistance programs, the so-called ...
Euro Drops From 2 1/2-Year High as Draghi Hints at June Action
May 8th, 2014
The euro weakened from a 2 1/2-year high against the dollar as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said policy makers were comfortable with taking additional policy action in June if needed. The common currency dropped versus all except ...
SEC Announces Charges and Asset Freeze Against Hedge Fund Advisory Firm
May 8th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a New York-based investment advisory firm and two executives for distributing falsified performance results to prospective investors in two hedge funds they managed. The ...
SEC Charges Toronto-Based Consultant and Four Others in Reverse Merger Schemes Involving China-Based Companies
May 6th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), charged a Toronto-based consultant and four associates with conducting illegal reverse merger schemes to bring a pair of China-based companies into the U.S. markets so they could manipulate trading and reap millions ...
A look on FASB’s new standards
April 30th, 2014
In December 2002, five months after he became chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Robert Herz told a conference of auditors that FASB had set a “very ambitious” deadline for issuing a sweeping new standard that would govern ...
