The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued two prohibition orders against Mr Tey Thean Yang Dennis. Mr Tey will be prohibited for a period of 5 years from: performing any regulated activity, and taking part in the management, acting as a director or becoming a substantial shareholder of any capital market services firm under…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Wall Street stockbroker with illegally accepting more than $1 million in undisclosed kickbacks for giving certain customers preferential access to lucrative IPOs, enabling them to reap major trading profits in the secondary markets. The SEC alleges that Brian Hirsch subverted allocation policies and procedures at…
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Following an application by the FCA, the High Court yesterday has made orders against a number of persons involved in carrying on an unauthorised foreign exchange investment scheme. The scheme took in at least £1.2 million from 65 investors but none of the investors’ money was ever used in foreign exchange trading or any other…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former day trader with making more than $1 million in illegal insider trading profits as part of a ring that allegedly stole confidential information from investment banks and clients so they could trade in advance of secondary stock offerings. The SEC alleges that Joseph Spera schemed…
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UK financial regulator the FCA has announced that in a criminal prosecution which it initiated, three defendants have today been found guilty for their roles in a series of boiler rooms which led to the loss of more than £2.7 million of investors’ funds. A further three defendants had pleaded guilty earlier in the proceedings.…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has continued its crackdown on brokers who defraud customers, charging two New York-based brokers with making unsuitable trades that were costly for customers and lucrative for the brokers. The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal court in Manhattan, alleges that brokers Zachary S. Berkey of Centerreach, New York, and Daniel T. Fischer of…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against a Seattle-area outdoor digital signage advertising company and two of its senior executives, over the theft of more than $2 million from retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Digi Outdoor Media Inc.’s former chief executive officer Donald…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two individuals with defrauding elderly investors in a penny stock scheme involving Florida entertainment companies and their “Spongebuddy” product. The charges are part of the Miami Regional Office’s Recidivist Initiative which has thus far resulted in enforcement actions against 23 individuals, nine of whom also have been…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement of objections to four asset management firms: Artemis Investment Management LLP, Hargreave Hale Ltd, Newton Investment Management Limited, and River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP. The FCA believes the four firms may have broken competition law. The FCA alleges that the four firms shared information by…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a Consent Order against Defendants Joseph Dufresne (a/k/a/ Joseph James) and Megan Renkow (a/k/a Megan James), both of Palos Verdes Estates, California, and their companies, United Business Servicing, LLC and United Business Servicing, Inc., doing business as SchoolofTrade.com (SoT), who were charged with fraud and other violations in connection with the offer and sale…
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