According to the prosecution, the alleged scheme took place between 2005 and 2012 and spread through several countries and reportedly and cost the French state over €100 million of "fiscal damage". Credit Suisse said in a press statement: The settlement provides for a public interest fine comprising a profit disgorgement of EUR 65.6 million and…
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Furthermore, the FCA pointed out that Certain Qatari entities were important investors in both of Barclays’s capital raisings at the time. The company entered into two advisory agreements with these entities, involving payments to one of the Qatari entities in the amount of £322 million over three and five years respectively. Barclays had disclosed that…
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The regulator detailed that in one case, Gatehouse Bank once opened an account fora Kuwait-based company for aggregating customer funds. The bank did not require the collection of crucial information including customers’ source of funds or wealth. During a two year period, the bank ended up receiving $62 million in deposits from customers without performing…
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The scheme According to the CFTC, the fraudulent scheme began in August 2014 when Hewko and MPC began seeking investments into a pooled investment vehicle operated by MPC and marketed to prospective investors as the Global Opportunity Fund (Fund). The regulator detailed that over $1.1 million were collected from the investors from September 2014 to…
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The forex scheme According to the CFTC, the fraudulent scheme ran from October 2019 to June 2021. The operators used different websites and social media platforms to advertise their forex trading pool “The Black Club” and “The Forex Savings Club.” They were marketed as a version of a savings account that offered a greater yield…
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If the firm fails to close out a failure to deliver, it is prohibited from accepting additional short sale orders in the security without first borrowing or arranging to borrow the security. According to FINRA, between 2009 and 2018, UBS failed to close in time around 5,300 for failure to deliver positions. Additionally, more than…
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Gurbir S. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said: I applaud the excellent work of the Division’s Public Finance Abuse Unit in bringing these first-ever actions in the $4 trillion municipal bond space. We encourage underwriters to examine their practices and to self-report any failures to us before we identify them ourselves. LeeAnn…
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Specifically, the settlement concerns compliance with firm's marketing, distribution and sales of CFDs to retail clients. CySEC stated: Α settlement has been reached with the CIF ICC Intercertus Capital Limited for possible violation, for the period January 2020 until May 2021 of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments («the…
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The regulatory concerns were related to the firm’s CIF license conditions, organizational requirements , conflict of interest, elements of remuneration and general principles and information to clients. CySEC’s settlement with Magnum FX came after an investigation, following an onsite inspection in the company regarding the period from January 2019 to July 2020. Similarly to F1…
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The settlement follows an investigation into Triangleview Investments involving compliance omissions regarding protection of clients’ funds during the period between December 2021 and February 2022. CySEC recently tightened supervision on CFDs brokers as it introduced additional controls to strengthening investor protection. The regulator warned brokers that if they repeatedly have issues with compliance, they will…
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