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FINRA and Exchanges charge Lek Securities and CEO Samuel F. Lek
March 28th, 2017
FINRA and Exchanges Charge Lek Securities and CEO Samuel F. Lek with Aiding and Abetting Securities Fraud Charges Also Include Market Access Rule, Supervisory and Other Violations The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, along with the New York Stock Exchange; ...
Alert: High Bitcoin prices inspire a wave of scams
March 24th, 2017
Earlier this month, the price of a single Bitcoin eclipsed the price of an ounce of gold for the first time ever. This news, coupled with the exploding adoption of its underlying technology – blockchain – beyond the financial world, ...
ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from Barclays entities
March 23rd, 2017
Yesterday, ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from three Barclays foreign financial service providers (FFSPs): Barclays Capital Inc. (BCI) domiciled in the United States of America Barclays Capital Asia Limited (BCAL) domiciled in Hong Kong, and Barclays Capital Securities Limited ...
Former lead partner of PwC Brazil fined for Audit failures
March 22nd, 2017
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) today announced sanctions against a former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes in Brazil for audit failures and violations of PCAOB rules and standards. Wander Rodrigues Teles was the lead partner for PwC ...
SEC Charges Firms Involved in Layering, Manipulation Schemes
March 13th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a Ukraine-based trading firm accused of manipulating the U.S. markets hundreds of thousands of times and the New York-based brokerage firm and CEO who allegedly helped make it possible. ...
International Compliance Association expands into US
February 15th, 2017
The International Compliance Association announced its expansion into the US, with its primary training partner, International Compliance Training (ICT). The US team, based in New York, offers programs covering Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Know Your Customer (KYC), ...
SEC is freezing brokerage accounts holding more than $29 million in illegal profits
February 13th, 2017
SEC Charges Chinese Citizens Who Reaped Massive Profits From Insider Trading on Comcast-Dreamworks Acquisition Obtains Court Order Freezing More Than $29 Million in U.S. Accounts The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing brokerage ...
FMA warns against OptionsXO
February 8th, 2017
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has issued a warning to inform investors and public in relation of conducting business with OptionsXO http://www.optionsxo.com/. AS FMA reports, the notice by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) warns ...
FCA fines Deutsche Bank £163 million for serious anti-money laundering controls failings
January 31st, 2017
Soon after the New York’s Department of Financial Services fined Deutsche Bank $425 million for Russian Mirror-Trading scheme, the U.K. regulators FCA announced a fined of £163,076,224 to Deutsche Bank AG for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering ...
KCG adds four new independent directors to Board
January 20th, 2017
KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Peter Fisher, Colin Smith, Heather Tookes and Adrian Weller as Directors, effective immediately. KCG also announced that Rene M. Kern and John C. (Hans) Morris ...
