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SEC Announces Enforcement Initiatives to Combat Cyber-Based Threats and Protect Retail Investors

26/09/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two new initiatives that will build on its Enforcement Division’s ongoing efforts to address cyber-based threats and protect retail investors. The creation ... Read More
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CEO Charged With Using Secret Accounts for Insider Trading in Company Stock

21/09/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former CEO of a Silicon Valley-based fiber optics company with insider trading in company stock by using secret brokerage accounts held ... Read More
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Investment adviser charged with defrauding professional athlete and his wife

23/08/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investment adviser Jeremy Drake with defrauding two clients, a high profile professional athlete and the athlete’s wife, by deceiving them about the ... Read More
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Hedge Fund Adviser Charged for Inadequate Controls to Prevent Insider Trading

22/08/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that hedge fund advisory firm Deerfield Management Company L.P. has agreed to pay more than $4.6 million to settle charges that it failed ... Read More
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KPMG agreed to pay Millions for audit failures

17/08/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that KPMG has agreed to pay more than $6.2 million to settle charges that it failed to properly audit the financial statements ... Read More
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Stock manipulator has agreed to pay nearly $800,000

03/08/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an overseas stock manipulator has agreed to pay nearly $800,000 and be permanently barred from involvement in penny stocks after hiding ... Read More
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Cold calling scams defrauded more than one hundred victims

13/07/2017(0)
SEC Announces Charges in Massive Telemarketing Boiler Room Scheme Targeting Seniors The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought fraud charges against 13 individuals allegedly involved in two Long Island-based ... Read More
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U.S. Regulator charged founder of a purported Bitcoin platform with fraud

03/07/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against the clandestine founder of a purported Bitcoin platform and a chain of co-working spaces located in former bars and restaurants, ... Read More
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Information technology company charged with accounting fraud

03/07/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Chicago-area information technology company Quadrant 4 System Corp. (QFOR) and two former top executives in an accounting fraud scheme that misled ... Read More
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Oil and Gas Company and Top Finance Executives Charged with Accounting Fraud

29/06/2017(0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a Canadian-based oil and gas company and three of its former top finance executives for their roles in an extensive, multi-year accounting fraud. ... Read More
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