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Hedge Fund Adviser Charged for Inadequate Controls to Prevent Insider Trading
August 22nd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that hedge fund advisory firm Deerfield Management Company L.P. has agreed to pay more than $4.6 million to settle charges that it failed to establish, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed ...
Individuals and their companies ordered to pay millions in restitution for defrauding investors
August 21st, 2017
Federal Court Orders Jeffrey Slemmer, Christian Dorrian, Adam Roth, and Their Florida-Based Companies to Pay over $5.4 Million in Restitution and a Penalty in CFTC Precious Metals and Diamonds Anti-Fraud Action Slemmer Enterprises, Dorrian Enterprises and Roth Investment Group ...
Stock manipulator has agreed to pay nearly $800,000
August 3rd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an overseas stock manipulator has agreed to pay nearly $800,000 and be permanently barred from involvement in penny stocks after hiding his significant stake in a small oil & gas company ...
7 Cryptocurrency Predictions From the Experts
July 28th, 2017
Fortune convened some top cryptocurrency entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, bankers, and others to chat about the future of digital money at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colo. last week. A select group met at the Aspen Institute for a ...
German automakers might face EU fines after allegations but no global legal threat, analyst says
July 26th, 2017
“I still don’t see a major global legal threat here,” Arndt Ellinghorst, head of global automotive research at Evercore ISI, told CNBC on Tuesday. EU antitrust officials confirmed Saturday they had started investigating allegations of a cartel among a ...
Oil dips; The reasons
July 19th, 2017
Oil dips on rising U.S. crude inventories, high OPEC supplies Oil prices fell on Wednesday after a rise in U.S. crude inventories and ongoing high output from OPEC producers revived concerns of a fuel supply overhang. Brent crude futures ...
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 ...
Cosco Shipping to acquire Orient Overseas for $6.3bn
July 10th, 2017
Cosco Shipping Holdings Ltd agreed to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd for $6.3bn in cash, creating the world’s third-largest container-shipping company as the industry shrinks after years of losses and overcapacity. Cosco, China’s biggest container carrier, will pay shareholders ...
Former Audi manager charged. The reason?
July 7th, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said it has charged a former Audi manager with directing employees at the company, a division of Volkswagen AG, to design software to cheat U.S. emissions tests in thousands of Audi diesel cars. ...
DV Trading ordered to pay a $5 Million penalty
June 30th, 2017
CFTC Orders Rosenthal Collins Capital Markets LLC, Now Known as DV Trading LLC, to Pay a Civil Penalty of $5 Million for Engaging in Illegal Wash Sales Designed to Generate Exchange Rebate Fees Former RCCM Trader Brandon Elsasser also ...
