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U.S. Regulator charged founder of a purported Bitcoin platform with fraud
July 3rd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against the clandestine founder of a purported Bitcoin platform and a chain of co-working spaces located in former bars and restaurants, alleging that he bilked investors in both companies while hiding ...
Information technology company charged with accounting fraud
July 3rd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Chicago-area information technology company Quadrant 4 System Corp. (QFOR) and two former top executives in an accounting fraud scheme that misled investors and allowed the former executives to siphon millions from ...
Oil and Gas Company and Top Finance Executives Charged with Accounting Fraud
June 29th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a Canadian-based oil and gas company and three of its former top finance executives for their roles in an extensive, multi-year accounting fraud. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Penn West Petroleum Ltd., which ...
SFO charges Barclays and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud
June 20th, 2017
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today charged Barclays Plc and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance contrary to the Companies Act 1985. The charges relate to Barclays Plc’s capital raising ...
Bitcoin non-regulation leaves users vulnerable to theft, fraud
June 15th, 2017
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin’s blockchain technology is attractive for several reasons – including decentralisation, pseudo-anonymity and its lack of regulation – but new research highlights a downside: users are open to theft and fraud. Computer scientists at Lancaster University and Universiti ...
CFTC Charged a Company and its Owner in a More than $11 Million Trading Futures fraud scheme
June 9th, 2017
CFTC Charged Seattle Residents Sung Hong a/k/a Lawrence or Laurence Hong, Hyun Joo Hong a/k/a Grace Hong, and Her Company Pishon Holding LLC with Fraudulently Soliciting More than $11 Million from Customers in Connection with Trading Futures Federal Court ...
CFTC charged Tallinex with Fraud and Failure to Register as a Retail Forex Dealer
June 6th, 2017
CFTC Charges Estonian Company Tallinex with Fraud and Failure to Register as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer and Nevada Company General Trader Fulfillment with Failure to Register as an Introducing Broker The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced ...
Israeli Binary Options Brokerage owner arrested for Binary Fraud
May 16th, 2017
Israeli authorities informed the public how a 38-year old man from Tel Aviv has been arrested after a customer from abroad filed a complaint about losing over $500,000. The man is arrested for alleged fraud and Extortion, but his ...
SEC charges former head traders at Nomura with fraud
May 16th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of former head traders who ran the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) desk at Nomura Securities International Inc. with deliberately lying to customers in order to inflate the profits of the ...
Forex firm shut down for fraud, CEO jailed, but now open again and seeks investments
May 11th, 2017
MMA Forex which duped hundreds out of millions of dirhams seeks investments all over again as CEO returns after more than 3 years in jail Nearly five years after it was shut down and its Pakistani CEO subsequently convicted ...
