Category: Charges

DFSA
July 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fieldstone Financial Management Group charged with fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday that it has charged Fieldstone Financial Management Group LLC and its principal Kristofor R. Behn with defrauding retail investment advisory clients. Behn also fraudulently misused approximately $500,000 of one investor’s funds to pay personal expenses. According to the SEC approximately 40 retail clients of Behn and…

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asic bans
May 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Kaz Capital financial adviser banned for 6 years

Australian regulator ASIC informed the public today of its decision to ban Mr David Stephen Cornford of Centennial Park, New South Wales, from providing financial services for a period of 6 years. Cornford was employed as an adviser at Kaz Capital Pty Ltd between 2014 and 2017. According to the regulator, Cornford was: buying and…

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sec charges
April 30, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC stops ticket resale investment scam

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged a New York City man with continuing a previously charged scheme. According to the US regulator, James Siniscalchi, Chief Compliance Officer, at a firm, claiming to have special access to profitable and highly sought-after event tickets, knowingly misused investor money to benefit himself and…

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sec charges
March 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Volkswagen and former CEO charged with defrauding U.S. investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday opened charges against Volkswagen AG, Martin Winterkorn, its former CEO, and two of its subsidiaries for scamming U.S. investors by issuing corporate bonds and fixed income securities that raised billions of dollars through misleading statements about the company's "clean diesel" fleet of cars and their environmental impact.…

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sec charges
February 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spartan Securities Group and Island Capital Management charged with bogus companies’ fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened charges against Spartan Securities Group, Ltd., a broker-dealer, and Island Capital Management LLC, a transfer agent, which also operates as Island Stock Transfer, for creating and selling a minimum of 19 bogus public companies. The scheme was initiated by Spartan Securities, which filed documents with the Financial…

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insider trading
February 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former senior Apple attorney charged with insider trading

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday opened insider trading charges against a former senior Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) attorney named Gene Daniel Levoff. According to SEC charges, Levoff was responsible for implementing Apple’s insider trading compliance measures when he used his position to buy Apple shares before quarterly earnings releases. Levoff served as Apple’s company…

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asic charges
February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Deutsche Bank FX trader jailed for fabricating trade entries

A former FX Options and futures trader at Deutsche Bank’s Sydney branch, Andrew Donaldson, was today sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Sydney District Court for fabricating trade entries within the bank’s internal documents and systems, Australian regulator ASIC stated earlier today. Donaldson, who now resides in New Zealand, pleaded guilty to the…

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