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SEC Announces Agenda for May 13 Meeting of the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee
April 17, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that its Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting on[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges 10 Individuals in Scheme to Sell Stock in Blank Check Companies Secretly Bound for Reverse Mergers
April 16, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 10 individuals involved in a scheme to offer and sell[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges New York-Based Financial Advisor With Stealing $20 Million From Customers
April 16, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a New York City-based financial advisor accused of stealing at[...]
Read ArticleSEC Staff and FINRA Issue Report on National Senior Investor Initiative
April 15, 2015With the Social Security Administration estimating that each day for the next 15 years, an average of 10,000 Americans will[...]
Read ArticleSEC Halts Investment Scheme Targeting Military Personnel
April 14, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a man living in central Texas[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Former Accounting Executive at Japanese Subsidiary
April 09, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against the former controller of a suburban Chicago company’s Japanese subsidiary[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Marc Wyatt as Acting Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations
April 09, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Marc Wyatt will serve as Acting Director of the agency’s Office of[...]
Read ArticleSEC Halts Microcap Scheme in South Florida
April 09, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against the operators of a South Florida-based[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Oregon-Based Defense Contractor With FCPA Violations
April 08, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Oregon-based FLIR Systems Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by[...]
Read ArticleGregg E. Berman, Associate Director in the Division of Trading and Markets, to Leave SEC
April 08, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Gregg E. Berman, Associate Director of the Office of Analytics and Research[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges L.A.-Based Pacific West Capital Group With Fraud in Sale of Life Settlement Investments
April 07, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Los Angeles-based Pacific West Capital Group Inc. and its owner Andrew B. Calhoun[...]
Read ArticleOCIE Director Andrew Bowden to Leave SEC
April 07, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Andrew Bowden, Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE),[...]
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