Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
Former managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. charged for fraud
November 12th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it filed and settled charges against Jacob Bourne, a former managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., for fraudulently mismarking swap valuations to conceal significant trading losses. The CFTC Order ...
The CySEC innovation Hub for FinTech and RegTech developments welcomes applicants
October 15th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to invite prospective applicants to apply for participation in the Hub’s programme. This announcement follows the announcement dated 27 July, 2018, when CySEC announced the establishment of its ...
Bitcoin-funded securities dealer and CEO charged for law violations
September 28th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against an international securities dealer and its Austria-based CEO for allegedly violating the federal securities laws in connection with security-based swaps funded with bitcoins. According to the SEC’s complaint, 1pool Ltd. a/k/a ...
Individuals and entities charged in global retail binary options fraud
September 28th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it filed two complaints in federal district courts in Florida against four individuals and three entities and issued seven administrative Orders filing and simultaneously settling charges against seven individuals and two ...
Is money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank the largest in history?
September 27th, 2018
The Russian-speaking caller refused to give a name but the threat was explicit: “Do you really feel you can walk home safely at night?” It was 2013 and officers at the Estonian branch of Danske Bank were beginning to ...
Operator of shuttered bitcoin exchange pleaded guilty in defrauding investors charges
July 24th, 2018
The operator of a shuttered bitcoin-denominated exchange pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges that he defrauded investors and lied to US securities regulators investigating the theft by hackers of virtual currency now worth about US$46 million. Jon Montroll, ...
SEC charges investment adviser and CEO with misleading retail investors
July 20th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a Connecticut-based investment advisory firm and its chief executive officer with putting $19 million of investor money, including elderly investors’ retirement savings and pension plans, in risky investments and secretly pocketing hefty ...
BCSC warns for unregistered firms providing Forex and cryptocurrency trading
July 10th, 2018
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued warnings to inform investors and public for Companies not registered to trade in, or advise on, securities or exchange contracts in British Columbia (BC) and have not filed a prospectus or ...
Credit Suisse to pay millions in dollars to settle criminal penalty and charges
July 9th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Credit Suisse Group AG will pay approximately $30 million to resolve SEC charges that it obtained investment banking business in the Asia-Pacific region by corruptly influencing foreign officials in violation of Foreign ...
Beware of unauthorized companies offering investment and financial services
June 12th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Italy (National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange – Consob), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Luxembourg (Commission ...
