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Company Paying Penalty for Violating Key Whistleblower Protection Rule

August 10, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an Atlanta-based building products distributor is settling charges that it violated securities[...]

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SEC Charges Cardiologist With Insider Trading on Confidential Drug Trial Developments

August 04, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a cardiologist with insider trading on confidential developments as he worked on a[...]

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Statement Regarding Progress on the Review of the U.S. Treasury Market Structure since the July 2015 Joint Staff Report

August 02, 2016

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of[...]

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SEC Announces Agenda for August 2 Meeting of the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee

July 28, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a meeting of the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee on August 2, beginning[...]

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SEC Obtains Asset Freeze in Case of Investor Funds Stolen for Shopping Sprees

July 28, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an asset freeze it has obtained against three men who aren’t registered to[...]

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SEC: State Street Misled Custody Clients About Prices for Foreign Currency Exchange Trades

July 26, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that State Street Bank and Trust Company has agreed to pay $382.4 million[...]

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LAN Airlines Settles FCPA Charges

July 25, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that South American-based LAN Airlines has agreed to pay more than $22 million[...]

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Vincente L. Martinez, Chief of Office of Market Intelligence, to Leave SEC

July 22, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Vincente L. Martinez, Chief of the SEC’s Office of Market Intelligence is[...]

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Deputy Chief Accountant Brian T. Croteau to Leave SEC

July 22, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brian T. Croteau, Deputy Chief Accountant, is planning to leave the agency.[...]

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SEC Halts Ongoing Fraudulent Stock Scheme

July 22, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has won a court-ordered asset freeze to halt an ongoing fraud by[...]

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Accountant Suspended for Failing to Spot Fraud in Company Audit

July 22, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended an accountant for conducting a faulty audit of the financial statements of a[...]

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Wesley R. Bricker Named Interim Chief Accountant

July 21, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Wesley R. Bricker has been named the Commission’s Interim Chief Accountant responsible[...]

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