Search Results for: fraud
SEC Obtains $30 Million From Traders Who Profited on Hacked News Releases
September 15th, 2015
Litigation Continues Against 32 Other Defendants in Alleged $100 Million Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Ukrainian-based Jaspen Capital Partners Limited and CEO Andriy Supranonok have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations they profited ...
FCA UK warns on clone and unauthorised financial services Firms
September 15th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority UK has issued press releases to inform public regarding a clone firm and firms that the Authority believes that have been providing financial services without FCA’s authorisation. Specific, FCA reports that fraudsters, through the clone ...
CFTC Charges Hannes Tulving, Jr., through his company for a $17.8 Million Precious Metals Scheme
September 15th, 2015
At Least 381 Customers Nationwide Allegedly Defrauded in the Scheme The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a civil Complaint against Defendants Hannes Tulving, Jr. of Newport Beach, California, and his company, The Tulving Company, Inc., charging them with ...
EY reports 2015 global revenues up by 11.6%
September 15th, 2015
Fastest growth since 2008 with revenues up by 11.6% in local currency Growth across all four service lines and four geographic areas Emerging market practices’ revenue up by 12.3% Developed markets’ growth led by the US, UK, Germany, Australia ...
SEC Charges BDO and Five Partners in Connection With False and Misleading Audit Opinions
September 10th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged national audit firm BDO USA with dismissing red flags and issuing false and misleading unqualified audit opinions about the financial statements of staffing services company General Employment Enterprises. The SEC also charged ...
CFTC launched RED LIST of Foreign Entities that Trade Foreign Currency and Binary Options
September 10th, 2015
CFTC Publishes List of Foreign Entities that Illegally Solicit U.S. Residents to Trade Foreign Currency and Binary Options The New Registration Deficient ‘RED List’ Identifies Companies Operating Illegally The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) USA, has issued a press ...
CFTC Orders FXCM to Pay More Than $843,000
September 9th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a press release to inform on its decision to order Forex Capital Markets, LLC to pay more than $843,000 for Supervision and Record-Production Violations and for Violating a Previous Commission Order. ...
Commission presses Member States on VAT revenue collection
September 9th, 2015
VAT revenue collection has failed to show significant improvement across EU Member States according to the latest figures released by the European Commission. Based on VAT collection figures from 2013, the overall difference between the expected VAT revenue and the amount ...
ASIC Australia bans a broker and a former financial adviser from providing financial services
September 8th, 2015
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), has issued a press release to inform in relation to its decision to ban broker Mr. Raghwa Nand Prasad from providing financial services and from engaging in credit activities for four years ...
Barclays has two blockchain ‘labs’ in London and is planning 45 experiments with the technology
September 7th, 2015
Like pretty much every other major bank at the moment, Barclays is very interested in the potential of the blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin. The Sunday Times reported this week that Barclays is planning to let charities accept bitcoin later ...