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SEC Charges Eight for Roles in Widespread Pump-and-Dump Scheme Involving California-Based Microcap Company
September 18, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a ring of eight individuals for their roles in an alleged pump-and-dump scheme[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Tacoma, Wash.-Area Firm for Undisclosed Principal Transactions and Misleading Performance Advertisements
September 18, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an investment advisory firm located outside Tacoma, Wash., with engaging in hundreds of[...]
Read ArticleFormer Hedge Fund Manager in Bay Area Charged With Taking Excess Management Fees to Make Lavish Purchases
September 17, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a former hedge fund manager accused of fraudulently taking excess management[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges N.Y.-Based High Frequency Trading Firm With Violating Net Capital Rule For Broker-Dealers
September 17, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based high frequency trading firm with violating the net capital rule[...]
Read ArticleSEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Company in Turks and Caicos Islands Behind South Florida-Based Ponzi Scheme
September 16, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an emergency asset freeze against a company located in Turks and Caicos Islands[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges IT Employee at Law Firm With Insider Trading Ahead of Merger Announcements
September 16, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an employee in an international law firm’s IT department with insider trading ahead[...]
Read ArticleSEC and SBA to Partner on Events on Small Business Capital Raising Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act
September 16, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced today they will jointly host events[...]
Read ArticleSEC Sanctions 19 Firms and Individual Trader for Short Selling Violations in Advance of Stock Offerings
September 16, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the latest sanctions in a continuing enforcement initiative uncovering certain hedge fund advisers[...]
Read ArticleTennessee-Based Animal Feed Company Agrees to Pay $18 Million to Settle Accounting Fraud Case
September 15, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Tennessee-based animal feed company has agreed to pay back $18 million[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Creation of New Office Within its Division of Economic and Risk Analysis
September 11, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the creation of a new office within the Division of Economic and Risk[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Bank Holding Company in Delaware with Improper Accounting and Disclosure of Past Due Loans
September 11, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced accounting and disclosure fraud charges against a Delaware-based bank holding company for failing[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Biotech Company and Former Executive Who Failed to Report Insider Stock Sales
September 10, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Massachusetts-based biotech company and its former CEO with defrauding investors by failing[...]
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