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CFTC charged FOREXNPOWER for Forex Fraud Scheme
September 28th, 2015
CFTC Charges New York Corporations Safety Capital Management, Inc. and GNS Capital, Inc., both d/b/a FOREXNPOWER, and New York City Residents John Won, Sungmi Kang, and Tae Hung (“Kevin”) Kang with Fraudulently Soliciting More than $1.5 Million in a ...
Securities broker dealer for bankruptcy liquidation amid legal claims
September 25th, 2015
An 82-employee securities broker-dealer has shut down and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation after customers asked a federal judge to enforce a $1.54 million arbitration award. Fintegra’s Sept. 16 petition for bankruptcy protection lists $1.8 million in assets ...
SEC Obtains $30 Million From Traders Who Profited on Hacked News Releases
September 15th, 2015
Litigation Continues Against 32 Other Defendants in Alleged $100 Million Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Ukrainian-based Jaspen Capital Partners Limited and CEO Andriy Supranonok have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations they profited ...
SEC Charges Hedge Fund Adviser
September 7th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a press release to inform that the Commission charges Seattle-Area Hedge Fund Adviser With Taking Unearned Management Fees. Two Accountants Charged With Performing Deficient Audit of Fund According to SEC announcement, ...
SEC Announces Asset Freeze Against Alleged EB-5 Fraudster in Seattle Area
August 26th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an asset freeze obtained against a man in Bellevue, Wash., accused of defrauding Chinese investors seeking U.S. residency through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program by investing in his companies. The SEC ...
SEC Charges Former Investment Bank Analyst and Two Others With Insider Trading in Advance of Client Deals
August 26th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former investment bank analyst with illegally tipping his close friend with confidential information about clients involved in impending mergers and acquisitions of technology companies. The SEC also charged his friend and ...
Goldman Sachs Pays $272M to Settle Suit Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
August 14th, 2015
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will pay $272 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the Wall Street bank defrauded investors about the safety of about $6 billion of residential mortgage-backed securities they bought in 2007 and 2008. The settlement ...
SEC Charges 32 Defendants in Scheme to Trade on Hacked News Releases
August 12th, 2015
Hackers, Traders Allegedly Reaped More Than $100 Million of Illegal Profits The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 32 defendants for taking part in a scheme to profit from stolen nonpublic information about corporate earnings announcements. ...
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company
August 10th, 2015
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company, Wall Street Pirate Management, LLC, with Making False Statements to the National Futures Association The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action charging ...
JPMorgan, Simpson Sued Over Mistake in GM Loan: Business of Law
August 4th, 2015
It was only a matter of time. One of the participants in a $1.5 billion term loan that JPMorgan Chase & Co. made to General Motors Corp. before its bankruptcy is now suing the bank and its lawyers at ...
