Peruvian traders pay back all profits plus penalties in insider trading case LeapRate

Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks

March 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Peruvian traders pay back all profits plus penalties in insider trading case

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that three Peruvian traders have agreed to settle a pending case alleging that they traded on nonpublic information prior to the merger of two mining companies. The SEC filed its complaint in September 2016, and the settlements were approved today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District…

March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Market Misconduct Tribunal sanctions Augustine Cheong for insider dealing in Titan shares

The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) has found that a former senior executive of an affiliate of Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited (Titan), Mr Augustine Cheong Kai Tjieh, and his mother, Ms Gan Ser Soon, engaged in insider dealing in the shares of Titan in January 2012. Cheong and Gan were found to have sold their Titan…

December 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Expedia IT employee who hacked senior executives faces insider trading criminal charges

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced insider trading charges against a San Francisco-based IT specialist who allegedly hacked senior executives at online travel company Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) and illegally traded on company secrets. The SEC alleges that Jonathan Ly, who worked in Expedia’s corporate IT services department, illegally traded in advance of nine…

November 25, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Goldman Sachs associate scanned emails, traded on insider info charges SEC

Han was caught by advanced software the SEC uses to detect improbable trading patterns and profits.

October 29, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Ontario regulator to encourage whistleblowers with rewards of up to C$5 million

The Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC) is joining the raft of global regulators encouraging reports of securities-related misconduct. On Wednesday, the OSC published Proposed OSC Policy 15-601 Whistleblower Program, a set of rules that would be the first of its kind for securities regulators in Canada. Under the proposed policy, eligible whistleblowers are entitled to…

June 15, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Former Moody's analyst, along with colleague, convicted in Australia for insider trading in CFDs

Former Moody's associate Daniel Joffe was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment, whilst colleague Nathan Stromer was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment. Both sentences were fully suspended on the condition that they pay a $1,000 bond and be of good behaviour for 2 years. Mr Stromer also paid a pecuniary penalty order in the amount of $229,349.87

March 23, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Forex Weekly Look Back: March 16th – March 22nd

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March 20, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Julian Rifat sentenced to 19 months in jail for insider trading

In a case brought by the FCA, Julian Rifat has today been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 19 months imprisonment; Mr Rifat has also been fined £100,000 for the same offences and ordered to pay costs of £159,402

March 18, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Singapore to tighten up on market manipulation and insider trading

Singapore is Asia's largest institutional trading center, and the third largest electronic order flow hub in the world. From today, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Police have announced a crackdown on manipulation of markets and insider trading

March 17, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

7 years in jail for perpetrators of Australia's largest ever FX insider trading case

Two men were sentenced in Australia's Victoria Supreme Court today to 7 years imprisonment for conducting a $7 million FX insider trading scheme

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Peruvian traders pay back all profits plus penalties in insider trading case

Market Misconduct Tribunal sanctions Augustine Cheong for insider dealing in Titan shares

Expedia IT employee who hacked senior executives faces insider trading criminal charges

Goldman Sachs associate scanned emails, traded on insider info charges SEC

Ontario regulator to encourage whistleblowers with rewards of up to C$5 million

Former Moody's analyst, along with colleague, convicted in Australia for insider trading in CFDs

Forex Weekly Look Back: March 16th – March 22nd

Julian Rifat sentenced to 19 months in jail for insider trading

Singapore to tighten up on market manipulation and insider trading

7 years in jail for perpetrators of Australia's largest ever FX insider trading case

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CMC Markets Posts Pre-Tax Profit, Jump in Net Operating Income

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