SEC Charges Microcap Fraudsters for Roles in Lucrative Market Manipulation Schemes

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a group of 10 individuals and 10 associated entities for their participation in long-running fraudulent schemes that generated over $27 million from unlawful stock sales and caused significant harm t…

SEC Charges Real Estate Broker With FCPA Violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled FCPA charges against a New Jersey real estate broker arising out of his attempt to bribe a foreign official while acting as a broker for Colliers International Group, Inc.

According to the…

SEC Names Anita Bandy and Carolyn Welshhans as Associate Directors in Enforcement Division

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Anita B. Bandy and Carolyn M. Welshhans have been named Associate Directors in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.  In their new roles, Ms. Bandy and Ms. Welshhans will each supervise approxima…

SEC Awards More Than $54 Million to Two Whistleblowers

The Securities and Exchange Commission is awarding $39 million to one whistleblower and $15 million to another whose critical information and continued assistance helped the agency bring an important enforcement action.  The $39 million award is the se…

SEC Charges Two Men With Fraud in Fake Trading Accounts Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Michigan men with fraud for their roles in a fake accounts scheme perpetrated by a phony day-trading firm, Nonko Trading.

The SEC alleges that Jeffrey Goldman of West Bloomfield, Michigan, and C…

SEC Charges Cannabis Investment Fund and Founder in Fraudulent Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Texas-based investment fund and its founder with defrauding investors with false promises of massive returns in cannabis-related businesses.  The SEC also issued an alert to warn retail investors a…

SEC Names Rebecca J. Olsen as Director of the Office of Municipal Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Rebecca J. Olsen has been named Director of the agency’s Office of Municipal Securities (OMS). Ms. Olsen has served as OMS’s Acting Director since September 2017.

The Office of Municipal Secu…

SEC Charges Telecommunications Expense Management Company With Accounting Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a telecommunications expense management company for its use of fraudulent accounting practices that artificially boosted company revenues between 2013 and 2015.  Four former members of the company’s …

Sanofi Charged With FCPA Violations

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Paris-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi has agreed to pay more than $25 million to resolve charges that its Kazakhstan and the Middle East subsidiaries made corrupt payments to win business….

Agencies Extend Comment Period for Proposed Rule Simplifying and Tailoring the “Volcker Rule”

Joint Release

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemCommodity Futures Trading CommissionFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationOffice of the Comptroller of the CurrencySecurities and Exchange Commission

Five federal financial regul…

SEC Charges Buffalo Advisory Firm and Principal With Fraud Relating to Association With Barred Adviser

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against a Buffalo, New York, investment advisory firm and its owner for misleading firm clients about its association with a barred investment adviser, who is also being charged for violating t…

SEC Charges Florida Cash Advance Company, Former CEO With Defrauding Retail Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against 1 Global Capital LLC and its former chief executive officer for allegedly defrauding at least 3,400 retail investors, more than one-third of whom invested their retirement funds. Th…