Tag: Securities and Exchange Commission

insider trading
August 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges U.S. Congressman with insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the filing of insider trading charges against Congressman Christopher Collins, the U.S. Representative for New York’s 27th Congressional District, his son, Cameron Collins, and a third individual, Stephen Zarsky. In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York today announced related…

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August 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Sonus Networks Inc. charged with misleading revenue projections

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has charged a cloud communications company and two executives with providing misleading quarterly revenue estimates. The company and executives agreed to pay over $1.9 million in penalties to settle the SEC’s charges. According to the SEC’s order, Sonus Networks Inc.’s former CFO, Mark Greenquist, was…

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UN report says North Korea laundered $2 billion theft via Hong Kong firm
August 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC updates list of firms using inaccurate information to solicit investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has updated its list of unregistered firms that use misleading information to primarily solicit non-U.S. investors, adding 16 soliciting entities, four impersonators of genuine firms, and nine bogus regulators. The updates by the SEC Division of Enforcement’s Office of Market Intelligence, in coordination with the…

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July 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges recidivist in stock manipulation scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed that it has charged Howard M. Appel with manipulating the stocks of three microcap companies while on supervised release following his criminal conviction for a prior securities fraud. According to the SEC’s complaint, Appel orchestrated multiple schemes to manipulate the market for trading in shares of Virtual…

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insider trading
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC detects Silicon Valley executive’s insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that a senior executive at a Silicon Valley fiber optics company has agreed to settle charges that he made nearly $200,000 in illicit profits by trading on inside information in advance of three disappointing earnings announcements by the company. The case stems from the SEC Market Abuse…

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sec fraud
July 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC charges failed Fyre Festival founder with $27.4M offering fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced that New York entrepreneur William Z. (Billy) McFarland, two companies he founded, a former senior executive, and a former contractor agreed to settle charges arising out of an extensive, multi-year offering fraud that raised at least $27.4 million from over 100 investors. The SEC’s complaint alleges…

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July 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mizuho Securities charged with failure to safeguard customer information

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged Mizuho Securities USA LLC for its failure to safeguard information pertaining to stock buybacks by its issuer customers. Mizuho failed to maintain and enforce policies and procedures aimed at preventing the misuse of material nonpublic information, including maintaining effective information barriers between different trading…

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July 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Temenos Advisory's CEO charged with misleading retail investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has charged a Connecticut-based investment advisory firm and its chief executive officer with putting $19 million of investor money, including elderly investors’ retirement savings and pension plans, in risky investments and secretly pocketing hefty commissions from those investments. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Temenos Advisory Inc.…

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ICO fraud
July 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC files charges in busted microcap fraud schemes

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed that it has charged a stock promoter and four others involved in an alleged series of microcap fraud schemes that were foiled by FBI undercover work and an SEC trading suspension. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in federal court in southern California on July 6, stock…

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