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U.S financial services firm pay penalty to settle failure

14/03/2019(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Wedbush Securities Inc. will pay a $250,000 penalty and has agreed to be censured to settle its failure to supervise charge ... Read More
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Founder of online gaming company charged for defrauding investors

11/02/2019(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Robert Alexander with fraudulently raising approximately $9 million from more than 50 individuals by selling investments in Kizzang LLC, a purported online gaming ... Read More
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Executives to pay Millions to settle initial coin offering scam charges

13/12/2018(0)
Two former executives behind an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that was stopped by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year have been ordered in federal ... Read More
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Three Broker-Dealers to pay more than $6 Million in penalties

13/12/2018(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that three broker-dealers have agreed to pay more than $6 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate ... Read More
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SEC halts alleged insider trading ring spanning three countries

07/12/2018(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed insider trading charges against an IT contractor and two others he illegally tipped with confidential client information he stole while working ... Read More
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer Khaled Khaled charged with unlawfully touting Coin Offerings

04/12/2018(0)
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 ... Read More
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Two Initial Coin Offering issuers settle registration charges

20/11/2018(0)
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 ... Read More
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Founder of digital “token” trading platform settled charges

09/11/2018(0)
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 ... Read More
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Citibank agreed to pay millions to settle charges

08/11/2018(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Citibank N.A. has agreed to pay $38.7 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs ... Read More
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Former BDO USA accountants suspended

16/10/2018(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended three former BDO USA LLP accountants for their improper professional conduct during an audit of an exchange-listed insurance company. According to the SEC’s ... Read More
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