Search Results for: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Probes Threat From Cyber Attacks Against Wall Street
March 27th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the exposure of stock exchanges, brokerages and other Wall Street firms to cyber-attacks that have been called a threat to financial stability. The SEC held a roundtable discussion of those risks ...
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February 4th, 2014
Civil enforcement action filing in $4.75 Million Forex Ponzi Scheme
September 23rd, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against 10 defendants in a multi-level $4.75 million off-exchange foreign currency (forex) Ponzi ...
A resident of Denmark charged in $1.5 million Forex fraud scheme
May 25th, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform about the filing of an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging defendant Casper Mikkelsen, a/k/a “Carsten Nielsen,” a/k/a ...
Charges announced for a nearly billion dollar Ponzi scheme
January 30th, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that has charged a California-based couple with orchestrating a nearly billion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving alternative energy tax credits. According to the SEC’s complaint, Jeffrey and Paulette Carpoff raised approximately $910 million ...
Emergency action filed against a $1.7 billion unregistered digital token offering
October 15th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained temporary restraining order against two offshore entities conducting an alleged unregistered, ongoing digital token offering in the U.S. and overseas that has raised more ...
Interdealer Brokers ordered to Pay $25 million for fraud in FX options markets
October 3rd, 2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it issued orders filing and settling charges against two interdealer brokers: BGC Financial, LP and GFI Securities, LLC. The orders find that brokers employed by BGC and GFI on their respective ...
$125 million offering fraud; ongoing international trading program
September 20th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against three individuals and three entities in connection with an alleged fraudulent, ongoing international trading program ...
Bitcoin vs Libra
July 22nd, 2019
Bitcoin vs Libra: Here are the key differences between the two cryptocurrencies Libra and bitcoin are different in a lot of ways, from the technology behind them to the way they’re used. CNBC runs through the key differences between ...
Company charged in $147 million fraudulent bitcoin trading scheme
June 19th, 2019
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action (Complaint) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against defendants Control-Finance Limited (Control-Finance), a purported Bitcoin trading and investment company, ...
