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- New Leveraged ETFs Hit The Market — Investors Beware
- Leveraged and Inverse ETFs May Not Be Suitable For All Investors
- Colorado Division of Securities Charges Stifel Nicolaus with Fraudulent Sales of Auction Rate Securities
- Obama Administration Continues Push for Regulatory Reform
- JP Morgan Returns More Than $28 Million to Missouri Auction Rate Securities Investors
- SEC joins FINRA In Cautioning Investors About Risks of Leveraged ETFs
- New York Attorney General Sues Charles Schwab Over Auction Rate Securities (ARS) Sales
- Message to Investors: Don’t Ignore Losses in Your Investment Accounts
- TheAtlantic.com: The Final Days of Merrill Lynch
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News – Securities Fraud
- Citigroup agrees $75m fraud fineIt agreed the settlement with US financial watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC said Citigroup had repeatedly made misleading ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Dallas billionaires face U.S. fraud chargeWASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- Samuel and Charles Wyly, who made billions in the sale of a business software firm, have been charged with securities fraud, ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Ex-body armor chief's fraud case now in NY jury's handsDavid Brooks -- the former chief executive of the former DHB Industries Inc -- was charged with securities fraud, insider trading, tax evasion and other ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Paul Greenwood Settles Securities Claims With SECBy Edvard Pettersson - Thu Jul 29 22:37:05 UTC 2010 Paul Greenwood, the hedge fund manager who pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy and securities fraud, ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Citigroup paying $75M to settle fraud chargesThe Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement with Citigroup on Thursday. It says the company repeatedly made misleading statements in ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Colo. Hedge Fund Fraudster Gets Four More Years For Second ScamThe Colorado Attorney General dismissed six other counts against Bird in exchange for his guilty plea on the one count of securities fraud. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Oil Spill Crime? Send In the BP SquadHaving the SEC sniffing around for possible securities fraud puts BP's senior management squarely in the spotlight because corporate disclosure emanates ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- AMR Agrees to Give Evidence Against Other Carriers, Including About CanadaHedge fund manager Paul Greenwood, the general partner of WG Trading Co., pleaded guilty to six federal charges including conspiracy and securities fraud. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- U.S. v. AYERSThe question here is whether Donald Ayers participated in that fraud. A jury concluded that he did, convicting him of securities fraud, conspiracy to commit ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- GE, BP, Highland Capital, Kebble, WG Trading, Freight Cartel in Court NewsAyers was sentenced to 15 years for money laundering and five years for each fraud count including wire and securities fraud and conspiracy. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
News – Investment Fraud
- SEC accuses Dallas investors of insider trading"The apparatus of the fraud was an elaborate sham system of trusts and subsidiary companies located in the Isle of Man and the Cayman Islands ... created by ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Madoff trustee sues family entitiesReuters... and niece Shana of failing to perform their senior management duties at Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the center of the patriarch's fraud. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Former loan broker gets 5 years behind bars for theft, fraud and forgeryIn a prepared statement about the verdict, Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said Murphy's actions were a clear case of investment fraud. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- SEC accuses Dallas investors of insider tradingAlso named as defendants in the lawsuit are the Wylys' investment attorney, Michael C. French of Dallas, and the stockbroker, Louis J. Schaufele ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Cuomo Said to Subpoena Genworth, Unum as Life-Insurer Fraud Probe WidensMore than 100 carriers earn investment income on $28 billion owed to life insurance beneficiaries, Bloomberg Markets magazine reported this week. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Citigroup Pays $75 Million to Settle Subprime ClaimsAnd unlike Goldman Sachs, Citigroup resolved fraud accusations that it acted negligently without acknowledging that it made a mistake. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Citigroup, SEC settle for $75MGoldman was accused of fraud, of deliberately misleading clients about a sub-prime mortgage investment the bank was trying to sell them. ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Ex-Hevesi Aide Faces Trial on Most Counts in New York Pension-Fund ProbeIn refusing to dismiss New York securities fraud charges against Morris, Stone said that the adviser's “toll gate” scheme may have caused an economic loss ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- NY Attorney General Investigating Insurers for FraudThe insurers allegedly place cash made from these investments into their corporate accounts, reportedly earning the companies 4.8%, then pay policy holders ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- MetLife Reports Profit as Life-Insurance Revenue Climbs, Investments GainPhotographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's David Evans talks about New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's fraud probe into ...See all stories on this topic » […]
SEC – Litigation Releases
- WG Trading Investors, L.P.
- Citigroup Inc.
- Geotec, Inc. f/k/a Geotec Thermal Generators, Inc., Bradley T. Ray, William Richard Lueck, and Stephen D. Chanslor
- Thomas Fisher, et al.
- General Electric Company; Ionics, Inc.; and Amersham plc
- Pequot Capital Management, Inc., et al.
- Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., et al.
- Dell Inc., Michael S. Dell, Kevin B. Rollins, James M. Schneider, Leslie L. Jackson, Nicholas A.R. Dunning
- Carl W. Jasper
- Laurence M. Brown, et al.
SEC – Press Releases
- SEC Charges Corporate Insider Brothers With Fraud
- SEC Charges Citigroup and Two Executives for Misleading Investors About Exposure to Subprime Mortgage Assets
- SEC Chairman Schapiro Announces Open Process for Regulatory Reform Rulemaking
- SEC Publishes Public Request for Comment to Inform Study of Obligations of Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers
- SEC Charges General Electric and Two Subsidiaries with FCPA Violations
- SEC Announces $106 Million Fair Fund Distribution to Harmed Investors in HealthSouth Financial Fraud
- SEC Charges Dell and Senior Executives with Disclosure and Accounting Fraud
- SEC Charges Two New York-Based Accountants With Conducting Ponzi Scheme Against Clients
- SEC Releases Report of the Life Settlements Task Force
- David W. Blass Named SEC Associate General Counsel for Legal Policy