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The head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been released on bail
July 18th, 2016
The head of collapsed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been released on bail nearly a year after his arrest on embezzlement charges, according to one of his lawyers. Television footage showed France-born Mark Karpeles, 31, leaving the Tokyo Detention ...
CFTC Orders Atlantas Group, Inc. and Edmund Hysni to Pay in Total $7.2 Million
July 15th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Respondents Atlantas Group, Inc. (Atlantas) and Edmund Hysni for committing solicitation fraud in connection with options on futures contracts trading on the Chicago Board of Trade ...
Ex-Barclays traders jailed over Libor rigging
July 8th, 2016
A London court has sentenced four former Barclays traders to prison. They were found guilty of Libor manipulation between 2005 and 2007. Jay Merchant received six-and-a-half years in prison, Jonathan Mathew and Peter Johnson were each jailed for four ...
International law firm Taylor Wessing announced global revenues increase
July 8th, 2016
International law firm Taylor Wessing has today announced a 4.4% increase in UK revenues to £126.6m. Global revenues have also increased to £254.5m at constant exchange rates. In addition, the firm has reported an increase in UK PEP, up from ...
Romanian police reveal Israel links to illegal binary options firms
July 7th, 2016
Romanian prosecutors are set to try at least 10 individuals involved in alleged forex and binary options fraud who were operating illegally on Romanian soil, the country’s Police Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes told The Times of ...
Investment adviser to plead guilty to running a $21 million Ponzi scheme
July 7th, 2016
A Rhode Island investment adviser has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for orchestrating a $21 million Ponzi scheme, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Aside from that scheme, Patrick E. Churchville, 47, also used ...
Ex-Rabobank trader to plead guilty in U.S. Libor case
July 7th, 2016
A former Rabobank trader from Australia will plead guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he conspired in a huge scandal to manipulate Libor, the leading benchmark for pricing financial transactions, his lawyer said. The expected plea by Paul ...
CFTC announced that individual and his companies ordered to pay nearly $17.5 Million for operating a Ponzi Scheme
July 6th, 2016
Garcia Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison and a Forfeiture of over $3 Million in a Parallel Criminal Case Federal Court Orders Nearly $17.5 Million in Sanctions against Naples, Florida Resident Dorian Garcia and his Companies for Solicitation Fraud, ...
IFSC Belize issued a warning notice regarding YieldOptions
July 1st, 2016
The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) has issued a warning to inform that: It has come to the notice of the International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC Belize) that an entity calling itself ‘YieldOptions’, owned ...
FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $6 Million
June 30th, 2016
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced it has fined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $6 million for failing to provide complete and accurate trade data in an automated format in a timely manner when requested by FINRA and ...
