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Individuals And Their Companies Ordered To Pay Millions For Futures Trading Fraud
November 29th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a Consent Order against Defendants Joseph Dufresne (a/k/a/ Joseph James) and Megan Renkow (a/k/a Megan James), both of Palos Verdes Estates, California, and their companies, United Business Servicing, LLC and United Business ...
Stock Market Analyst charged with insider trading
September 27th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a stock market analyst with insider trading prior to the publication of research reports and articles he authored with the false disclaimer that he wasn’t trading in the companies being covered. He agreed ...
Toys R Us files for bankruptcy
September 19th, 2017
Toys R Us, facing imminent deadlines to pay off hundreds of millions in debt, said Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move comes on the cusp of the all-important holiday season, a period in ...
Cold calling scams defrauded more than one hundred victims
July 13th, 2017
SEC Announces Charges in Massive Telemarketing Boiler Room Scheme Targeting Seniors The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought fraud charges against 13 individuals allegedly involved in two Long Island-based cold calling scams that bilked more than one hundred victims ...
Investment Bank VP charged With insider trading
April 25th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a vice president in the risk management department of a New York-based investment bank with insider trading on confidential information he learned in advance of a private equity firm’s acquisition of a ...
Important update: The reason why Gallant Capital Markets filed for bankruptcy
April 20th, 2017
Following the news that Gallant Capital Markets Ltd, the parent company of forex broker GCMFX, announced that it has filed for a voluntary petition under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for ...
Deutsche Bank and its UK subsidiary to pay $775 million penalty
March 29th, 2017
DB Group Services (UK) Limited (DBGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank), was sentenced today for its role in manipulating London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) for U.S. Dollar and several other currencies. LIBOR is a ...
100 investors lost more than $15 million in stock fraud
March 27th, 2017
The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has issued an announcement to inform that investment adviser and broker found guilty in Manhattan Federal Court of securities fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy and aggravated identity ...
Judge rejects PwC’s request For mistrial In MF Global case
March 16th, 2017
In an unsurprising move, the judge overseeing bankrupt commodities broker MF Global’s $3 billion suit against PwC rejected the accounting firm’s request for a mistrial, saying PwC’s lawyers can challenge MF Global’s arguments in court over the rest of ...
FXCM to pay a new fine of $650,000 in relation to the Swiss Franc exchange rate
February 14th, 2017
FXCM Inc. (NASDAQ:FXCM) (“FXCM” or the “Company”), issued a statement on the settlement of the civil action filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) against its U.S. subsidiary, Forex Capital Markets LLC (“FXCM US”) in the Southern District ...
