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SEC Announces Agenda for May 13 Meeting of the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee

April 17, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that its Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting on[...]

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SEC Charges 10 Individuals in Scheme to Sell Stock in Blank Check Companies Secretly Bound for Reverse Mergers

April 16, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 10 individuals involved in a scheme to offer and sell[...]

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SEC Charges New York-Based Financial Advisor With Stealing $20 Million From Customers

April 16, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a New York City-based financial advisor accused of stealing at[...]

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SEC Staff and FINRA Issue Report on National Senior Investor Initiative

April 15, 2015

With the Social Security Administration estimating that each day for the next 15 years, an average of 10,000 Americans will[...]

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SEC Halts Investment Scheme Targeting Military Personnel

April 14, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a man living in central Texas[...]

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SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Former Accounting Executive at Japanese Subsidiary

April 09, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against the former controller of a suburban Chicago company’s Japanese subsidiary[...]

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SEC Names Marc Wyatt as Acting Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations

April 09, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Marc Wyatt will serve as Acting Director of the agency’s Office of[...]

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SEC Halts Microcap Scheme in South Florida

April 09, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against the operators of a South Florida-based[...]

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SEC Charges Oregon-Based Defense Contractor With FCPA Violations

April 08, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Oregon-based FLIR Systems Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by[...]

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Gregg E. Berman, Associate Director in the Division of Trading and Markets, to Leave SEC

April 08, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Gregg E. Berman, Associate Director of the Office of Analytics and Research[...]

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SEC Charges L.A.-Based Pacific West Capital Group With Fraud in Sale of Life Settlement Investments

April 07, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Los Angeles-based Pacific West Capital Group Inc. and its owner Andrew B. Calhoun[...]

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OCIE Director Andrew Bowden to Leave SEC

April 07, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Andrew Bowden, Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE),[...]

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