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SEC Staff Releases Accounting Bulletin to Update Guidance on Pushdown Accounting
November 18, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant and Division of Corporation Finance today released a Staff Accounting[...]
Read ArticleSEC Sanctions Two Former Defense Contractor Employees for FCPA Violations
November 17, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned two former employees in the Dubai office of a U.S.-based defense contractor for[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Three Penny Stock Promoters Behind Pump-and-Dump Schemes
November 17, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three penny stock promoters with conducting pump-and-dump schemes involving stocks they were touting[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges San Francisco-Based Penny Stock Company CEO for Defrauding Investors in Pump-and-Dump Scheme
November 17, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a San Francisco-based penny stock company CEO with defrauding investors by issuing false[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Business Owner and Stockbroker in Maryland-Based Offering Fraud
November 14, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the owner of a Maryland-based real estate company with conducting an offering fraud[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Small Business Forum
November 14, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for next week’s Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital[...]
Read ArticleSEC and SBA to Host Event on Small Business Capital Raising Prior to Small Business Forum
November 14, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, today announced they will jointly host an[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Charges Against India-Based Operators of High-Yield Investment Scheme Using Social Media
November 12, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against two India-based operators of an alleged high-yield investment scheme seeking to[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges California Lawyer and Two Massachusetts Men Behind Scheme to Manipulate Stock of Sports Ticket Broker
November 06, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an attorney in Orange County, Calif., and two men in Massachusetts behind a[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Allen Park, Mich. and Two Former City Leaders in Fraudulent Muni Bond Offering for Movie Studio Project
November 06, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against the City of Allen Park, Mich., and two former city[...]
Read ArticleSEC Sanctions 10 Companies for Disclosure Failures Surrounding Financing Deals and Stock Dilution
November 05, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced enforcement actions against 10 companies for failing to make the required disclosures about[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Two Canadian Citizens With Penny Stock Fraud Involving Tennessee Coal Mining Company
November 03, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of Canadian citizens with conducting an international microcap fraud scheme by[...]
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