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Federal Court fined individual for Forex Fraud
February 5th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform that Federal Court in Florida Orders Restitution, a Civil Monetary Penalty, and Permanent Injunction against Robert Tripode for Engaging in Fraud in Connection with Forex. The ...
EU Commission and United States agree on new framework for transatlantic data flows: EU-US Privacy Shield
February 3rd, 2016
The College of Commissioners approved the political agreement reached and has mandated Vice-President Ansip and Commissioner Jourová to prepare the necessary steps to put in place the new arrangement. This new framework will protect the fundamental rights of Europeans ...
Former R.B.S. Bond Trader Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud
December 22nd, 2015
A former top trader at the Royal Bank of Scotland pleaded guilty in federal court in Connecticut on Monday to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud as part of the government’s investigation into Wall Street bond sales ...
UBS Traders May Be First to Face Sanctions in Forex Probes
December 2nd, 2015
Swiss regulator may issue penalties by the end of the year Finma probed 11 currency, metals traders amid global scandal As many as seven UBS Group AG traders may face sanctions from Switzerland’s financial watchdog in the coming weeks, ...
FINRA fines Scottrade $2.6 Million
November 17th, 2015
FINRA Fines Scottrade $2.6 Million for Significant Failures in Required Electronic Records and Email Retention The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it fined Scottrade, Inc. $2.6 million for failing to retain a large number of securities-related ...
Federal Court Orders Futures International LLC and its Chief Operating Officer, to Pay $500,000 Penalty
September 28th, 2015
Federal Court in Illinois Orders Futures International LLC and its Chief Operating Officer, Amedeo Cerrone, to Pay $500,000 Penalty for Recordkeeping Violations, False Statements, Unauthorized Trading, and Supervision Failures The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that ...
SEC Charges Three RMBS Traders With Defrauding Investors
September 9th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against three traders accused of repeatedly lying to customers relying on them for honest and accurate pricing information about residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The SEC alleges that Ross Shapiro, Michael ...
Federal Court Enters Judgment against Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew in Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme
August 31st, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Senior Judge James C. Fox of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina entered a default judgment Order against Defendants Ron Earl McCullough and David Christopher Mayhew, both from ...
U.S. banks moved billions in trades beyond CFTC’s reach
August 24th, 2015
This spring, traders and analysts working deep in the global swaps markets began picking up peculiar readings: Hundreds of billions of dollars of trades by U.S. banks had seemingly vanished. “We saw strange things in the data,” said Chris ...
SEC Charges 32 Defendants in Scheme to Trade on Hacked News Releases
August 12th, 2015
Hackers, Traders Allegedly Reaped More Than $100 Million of Illegal Profits The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 32 defendants for taking part in a scheme to profit from stolen nonpublic information about corporate earnings announcements. ...
