Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
Texas man charged in first-ever bitcoin Ponzi scheme
November 7th, 2014
In the first federal securities case involving a Ponzi-scheme using the digital currency, a Texas man was charged Thursday in New York with defrauding investors of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin. Trendon Shavers, 32, was arrested at his ...
Argentina suspends P&G over tax claims
November 3rd, 2014
Argentina has banned the consumer products giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) from doing business in the country, accusing the firm of tax fraud. A statement on the presidential website, published on Sunday, said P&G had inflated the price of ...
Hong Kong Ready for Trading Link With Shanghai
October 29th, 2014
The head of Hong Kong’s stock market regulator said Wednesday that his agency had ticked all the boxes needed to start a highly anticipated project connecting the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges, indicating delays were coming from its ...
In Turnabout, Former Regulators Assail Wall St. Watchdogs
October 23rd, 2014
When former top government officials become white-collar defense lawyers, they still wield influence when they weigh in on enforcement matters. I was attending the Securities Enforcement Forum, a gathering of top regulators and white-collar defense worthies. The marquee section ...
Biron Apparel Limited fined for failing to lodge financial reports
October 15th, 2014
Australian public company, Biron Apparel Limited (Biron Apparel), has been convicted a second time for failing to lodge financial reports with ASIC, the Australian regulator, and hold annual general meetings. Biron Apparel was fined $12,000 after pleading guilty in ...
China Approves Brokerages to Start HK-Shanghai Trading
October 15th, 2014
China approved brokerages including Central China Securities Co. (1375) to offer trading services that pave the way for the start of a program allowing investors in Shanghai and Hong Kong access to each other’s stock markets. Central China shares ...
Kobre & Kim Adds Hong Kong Law to Follow the Money
October 6th, 2014
Kobre & Kim LLP, a law firm that secured an acquittal for one of the defendants in the U.S.’s first foreign bribery sting operation, added a local legal practice to its Hong Kong office this month according to latest ...
US SEC gives largest-ever Whistleblower Award of more than $30M
September 23rd, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, announced Monday that it will give out the largest-ever whistleblower award to an anonymous tipster who lives outside the country. The whistleblower will receive more than $30 million for providing crucial ...
Australian firm pays $20,400 penalty for making misleading representations
September 18th, 2014
The Australian regulator has charged Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd (Invast), an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee based in Sydney, with the amount of $20,400 in penalties after ASIC issued two infringement notices for alleged misleading representations. ASIC was alert ...
Brokers Battle Deutsche Bank Over Selling In-House Products
September 9th, 2014
Since the market collapse of 2008, scrutiny has intensified on the way large banks and securities firms treat their brokerage customers, particularly when it comes to steering them into the firms’ own products. One possibility raised in the 2010 ...
