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SEC Adopts Rule for Pay Ratio Disclosure
August 05, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted a final rule that requires a public company to disclose the ratio of[...]
Read ArticleSEC Adopts Registration Rules for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants
August 05, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted new rules to provide a comprehensive, efficient process for security-based swap dealers and[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Houston-Area Businessman in Ponzi Scheme
August 03, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Houston-area businessman with operating a $114 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors,[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Man With Microcap Fraud Involving Shares of Cynk Technology Corp.
July 31, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Canadian citizen with conducting a scheme to conceal his control and ownership[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Operators of Fraud Based in Upstate New York
July 30, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two men and eight companies with defrauding investors, many of them upstate New[...]
Read ArticleDaniel M. Hawke, Chief of Market Abuse Unit, to Leave SEC After 16 Years of Service
July 29, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Daniel M. Hawke, chief of the Division of Enforcement’s Market Abuse Unit[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Mead Johnson Nutrition With FCPA Violations
July 28, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Mead Johnson Nutrition Company has agreed to settle charges that its Chinese[...]
Read ArticleFormer Oppenheimer Employees Settle Charges Involving Unregistered Sales of Penny Stocks
July 23, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that three former employees of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. have agreed to settle[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Three Penny Stock Promoters Behind Pump-and-Dump Schemes
July 21, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a trio of alleged microcap stock scammers with defrauding investors by disseminating promotional[...]
Read ArticleMichele Anderson Named Associate Director in the Division of Corporation Finance
July 17, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the promotion of Michele Anderson to the position of Associate Director in the[...]
Read ArticleSEC Pays More Than $3 Million to Whistleblower
July 17, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $3 million to a company insider whose[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Pennsylvania Attorney with Insider Trading in Advance of Merger Announcement
July 16, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Pennsylvania attorney with insider trading in the stock of Harleysville Group, Inc.[...]
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