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Sharon Binger, Director of Philadelphia Regional Office, to Leave SEC
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Sharon B. Binger, Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, will leave the[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Operators of Fake Day-Trading Firm With Defrauding Inexperienced Investors
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two men behind a phony day-trading firm with pocketing more than $1.4 million[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Former New York Pension Official and Two Brokers in Pay-to-Play Scheme
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a former official of the nation’s third largest public pension[...]
Read ArticlePetrochemical Manufacturer Braskem S.A. to Pay $957 Million to Settle FCPA Charges
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Brazilian-based petrochemical manufacturer whose stock trades in the U.S. markets has[...]
Read ArticleCompany Settles Charges in Whistleblower Retaliation Case
December 20, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an oil-and-gas company has agreed to settle charges that it used illegal[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Morgan Stanley With Customer Protection Rule Violations
December 20, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC has agreed to pay $7.5 million to[...]
Read ArticleSEC Awards Nearly $1 Million to Whistleblower
December 09, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $900,000 to a whistleblower whose tip enabled the[...]
Read ArticleEnforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney to Leave SEC
December 08, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will leave the agency by the end[...]
Read ArticleDivision of Corporation Finance Director Keith Higgins to Leave SEC
December 06, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Keith F. Higgins, Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, plans[...]
Read ArticleFirm Settles Charges for Selling Unregistered Swaps Involving Pre-IPO Companies
December 06, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a San Francisco-based firm agreed to settle charges that it violated federal[...]
Read ArticleIT Specialist Settles Charges of Insider Trading on Hacked Nonpublic Information
December 05, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a San Francisco-based information technology specialist who allegedly hacked[...]
Read ArticleSEC Awards $3.5 Million To Whistleblower
December 05, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a whistleblower has been awarded approximately $3.5 million for coming forward with[...]
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