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SEC Charges Toronto-Based Consultant and Four Others in Reverse Merger Schemes Involving China-Based Companies
May 05, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Toronto-based consultant and four associates with conducting illegal reverse merger schemes to[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Ohio-Based Investment Adviser and President for Fraudulently Hiding Account Shortfall
May 05, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Columbus, Ohio-based investment advisory firm[...]
Read ArticleSEC Issues Partial Stay of Conflict Minerals Rules
May 02, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order staying the effective date for compliance with the portions of Exchange[...]
Read ArticleChief Economist and Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Director Craig Lewis to Leave SEC
May 02, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Chief Economist and Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) Director Craig[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges NYSE, NYSE ARCA, and NYSE MKT for Repeated Failures to Operate in Accordance With Exchange Rules
May 01, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an enforcement action against the New York Stock Exchange and two affiliated exchanges[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Utah-Based Retirement Plan Administrator With Defrauding Investors
April 30, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Utah-based retirement plan administrator who[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Six Individuals With Insider Trading in Stock of E-Commerce Company Prior to Acquisition by eBay
April 25, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive with insider trading in advance of eBay’s acquisition of the[...]
Read ArticleSEC Issues Stop Order to Prevent Northern California Company From Issuing Stock Under Amended Registration Statement
April 23, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a stop order to prevent a Northern California-based company from issuing stock after[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Former Stock Promoter With Defrauding Investors in Florida Real Estate Venture
April 23, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against a former Florida-based stock promoter currently serving a two-year prison[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Technology Company Insider in California With Tipping Confidential Information Exploited by Hedge Funds
April 23, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against a former accounting manager at Nvidia Corp. who tipped[...]
Read ArticleMauri Osheroff to Retire After Nearly 40 Years at SEC
April 23, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Mauri L. Osheroff, associate director for regulatory policy in the Division of[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges a Former Biopharmaceutical Company Executive and Two Others with Insider Trading
April 21, 2014The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former biopharmaceutical company executive and two others with insider trading on confidential[...]
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