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China busts largest underground banking case
November 23rd, 2015
Police in east China‘s Zhejiang Province have busted the country’s largest underground banking case, which involved transactions totalling 410 billion yuan (64 bln U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Public Security said Thursday. A total of 100 suspects from eight ...
Bitcoin exhange allegedly owned by bank hack mastermind pleaded not guilty to money laundering
November 18th, 2015
Murgio pleads not guilty to charges of money laundering Bitcoin exchange allegedly owned by bank hack mastermind A man accused of operating a bitcoin exchange allegedly owned by the mastermind of a criminal enterprise that hacked at least nine ...
European Financial Regulators warn for unauthorised investment firms
November 17th, 2015
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI) and the Financial Conduct Authority of UK (FCA) have issued warnings to inform investors and public for unauthorised and clone investment firms. According to Finansinspektionen (FI): Warning issued regarding Aztec Group (clone ...
FINRA fines Scottrade $2.6 Million
November 17th, 2015
FINRA Fines Scottrade $2.6 Million for Significant Failures in Required Electronic Records and Email Retention The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it fined Scottrade, Inc. $2.6 million for failing to retain a large number of securities-related ...
CFTC charges IB Capital FX and agents for Forex Trading case
November 17th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement Complaint charging Defendants IB Capital FX, LLC (a/k/a IB Capital FX LLP) d/b/a IB Capital (IB Capital), Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi, individually and as the agents of IB Capital, with soliciting and accepting ...
SFO issued the first criminal proceedings against Deutsche Bank and Barclays staff
November 16th, 2015
The Serious Fraud Office today issued the first criminal proceedings against 10 individuals accused of manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR). The following individuals will be charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with the SFO’s ongoing investigation ...
JPMorgan’s 2014 Hack Tied to Largest Cyber Breach Ever
November 11th, 2015
Online gambling, bitcoin scam, money laundering among charges Hackers took data on 100 million customers, U.S. alleges The U.S. described a vast, multi-year criminal enterprise centering on hacks of at least nine big financial and publishing firms and the ...
David Cameron sets out EU reform goals
November 10th, 2015
David Cameron has outlined his four goals for reforming the UK’s membership of the EU, including restrictions on benefits for people coming to the UK. He said Britain faced a “huge decision” in the in/out referendum promised before the ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
Former Rabobank traders convicted in U.S. over Libor rigging
November 9th, 2015
A federal jury found two former traders at Rabobank guilty of fraud on Thursday in the first U.S. trial arising from a global investigation into manipulation of Libor, the leading benchmark for pricing financial transactions around the world. ...