Search Results for: US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
SEC Charges Oil Company and CEO in Scheme Targeting Chinese-Americans and EB-5 Investors
July 7th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Bay Area oil and gas company and its CEO with running a $68 million Ponzi-like scheme and affinity fraud that targeted the Chinese-American community in California and investors in Asia, including ...
SEC Charges New York-Based Financial Advisor With Stealing $20 Million From Customers
April 17th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a New York City-based financial advisor accused of stealing at least $20 million from customers to fund his own brokerage accounts and then squandering the bulk of the money ...
RBS Trader Admits Defrauding Customers in Multimillion Dollar Securities Fraud Scheme
March 12th, 2015
U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly of the District of Connecticut, Special Inspector General Christy Romero for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the FBI’s New Haven Division announced that Matthew ...
Exchange Traded Fund Assets under management to exceed $5 trillion by 2020
January 26th, 2015
Professionally managed financial investments globally are predicted to grow at 6% per annum to reach $100 trillion by 2020, according to a new report by PwC. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) will pay a prominent role in this growth, as ...
US city files suit against Brazil’s Petrobras for securities fraud
December 30th, 2014
The City of Providence, Rhode Island filed a class action suit against Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges Petrobras engaged in a fraudulent ...
FINRA Fines Pershing LLC $3 Million for Customer Protection Rule Violations and Supervisory Failures
December 30th, 2014
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has censured and fined Pershing LLC $3 million for violating the Customer Protection Rule and for related supervisory failures. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule creates requirements to ...
SEC charges investment advisory firm and top officials for custody rule violations
October 30th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against an investment advisory firm and three top officials for violating the “custody rule” that requires firms to follow certain procedures when they control or have access to client money or ...
Former head of US regulator advising top Bitcoin companies
October 29th, 2014
A former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been appointed to the advisory board of the two major Bitcoin companies. Arthur Levitt, who served as chair of the SEC between 1993 and 2001, will advise Bitpay ...
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Company in Turks and Caicos Islands
September 17th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an emergency asset freeze against a company located in Turks and Caicos Islands in connection with its operation of a South Florida-based Ponzi scheme. The SEC’s request for the emergency asset ...
SEC charges Former Bank Executive and Friend With Insider Trading
August 19th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a former bank executive in Massachusetts and his friend with insider trading in advance of the bank’s acquisition of another financial institution. The SEC alleges that Patrick O’Neill, then a senior ...
