Search Results for: Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S financial services firm pay penalty to settle failure
March 14th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Wedbush Securities Inc. will pay a $250,000 penalty and has agreed to be censured to settle its failure to supervise charge in a pending administrative proceeding. According to the SEC’s March ...
CySEC announced withdrawal of Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation
February 18th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform that has decided to withdraw the authorisation Cyprus Investment Firm. In accordance the announcement, CySEC on its meeting of 11th February 2019, has decided, pursuant to section 8(1)(a) of ...
Founder of online gaming company charged for defrauding investors
February 11th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Robert Alexander with fraudulently raising approximately $9 million from more than 50 individuals by selling investments in Kizzang LLC, a purported online gaming business. According to the SEC’s complaint, among other misrepresentations, Alexander ...
Ponzi Scheme ordered to pay $1 billion in penalties
January 30th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a federal court in Florida ordered Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC and its former owner to pay $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement for operating a Ponzi scheme that targeted retail investors. ...
CySEC withdraw the license of a Cyprus online Forex provider
January 18th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has issued an announcement to inform investors and public that, on its meeting of 22nd October 2018, decided to wholly withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation of PFX Financial Professionals Ltd (‘the ...
Alert: CySEC warns for BDSwiss clone firms
January 9th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a warning to inform investors that the websites capitalswissfx.com and expertfxtrade.com, do not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the ...
Top Cryptocurrency stories in 2018
December 27th, 2018
Following an intense 2017 with cryptocurrency market spikes, year 2018 is the year with great majority of digital assets plunged well over 80 percent in value since their all-time highs. Year 2018 is also filled with many headlines about the ...
JPMorgan to pay more than $135 million to settle charges
December 27th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. will pay more than $135 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). ADRs – U.S. securities that represent foreign shares of ...
Executives to pay Millions to settle initial coin offering scam charges
December 13th, 2018
Two former executives behind an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that was stopped by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year have been ordered in federal court to pay nearly $2.7 million and prohibited from serving ...
Three Broker-Dealers to pay more than $6 Million in penalties
December 13th, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that three broker-dealers have agreed to pay more than $6 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information in required SEC productions known as “blue ...
