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Cheryl Jones Charged By SEC

On July 3, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges against Cheryl Jones, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate agent and…

Pilgrim Petroleum CORP Temporary Trading Suspension

The Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the…

Renwick Haddow Charged with Fraud

On June 30, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed fraud charges against Renwick Haddow, the clandestine founder of a purported Bitcoin…

SEC Charges Quadrant 4 System Corp

On June 30, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has charged Chicago-area information technology company Quadrant 4 System Corp. (QFOR) and…

SEC Charged Penn West with Accounting Fraud

On June 28, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Penn West Petroleum Ltd., a Canadian-based oil and gas company, and three…

Ibex Trading Temporarily Suspended

On June 26, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange…

Former Ariad Employees Charged with Insider Trading

One June 27, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced insider trading charges against two former senior employees and the spouse of…

SEC Announces Additional Charges Against Anthony Portelli

On June 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced additional charges in an enforcement investigation involving Anthony Portelli, a Wall Street…

Pazoo, Inc. Used in Artificial Inflation Scheme

On June 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged a New Jersey-based group of stock promoters with fraud involving the manipulation…

Seyed Taher Kameli Charged for Defrauding Investors

On June 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Seyed Taher Kameli, a Chicago-based immigration attorney, with defrauding investors participating in…

SEC Charges Arista’s CEO and Attorney

On June 20, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges involving a scheme to disguise the nature of Arista, a…

Mark Northrop Barred by the SEC

On June 19, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deemed it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings…

SEC Takes Action Against Ann Hiskey

On June 19, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deemed it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative…

SEC Charges CannaVEST Corp. with Fraud

On June 16, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed fraud charges against CannaVEST Corp., a Las Vegas-based hemp oil company,…

Antonio Katz Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges

On June 1, 2017, Antonio Katz, a defendant in ongoing SEC litigation, pled guilty to criminal charges filed by the U.S. Attorney…

SEC Adopts JOBS Act Amendments

On April 5, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it has adopted JOBS Act amendments to increase the amount…

Can-Cal & SkyStar Temporarily Suspended

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) announced the temporary suspension of trading in the securities of the following issuers, commencing at…

David Fuselier Charged for Fraudulent Scheme

On June 6, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged David Fuselier, a chief executive officer, with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme…

Marc Broidy & Broidy Wealth Advisors Receive Final Judgement

On May 30, 2017, the Honorable Eric N. Vitaliano of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York…

Final Judgement Against GAW Miners and ZenMiner

On June 2, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered a final default judgment against two Connecticut-based companies,…

SEC Charges iPayment Executives with Fraud

On March 10, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged two former iPayment executives, a credit card processing company, with masterminding a…

Nima Hedayati Charged With Insider Trading

On March 14, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Nima Hedayati, an auditor based in the Silicon Valley, has agreed…

Alpine Securities Fails to Comply to Anti-Money Laundering Law

On June 5, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Alpine Securities Corporation, a Salt Lake City-based brokerage firm, with securities law…

Larry Holley Charged with Fraud

On March 30, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced fraud charges and an emergency asset freeze obtained against Larry Holley, a…

LottoNet Accused of Conducting Boiler Room Scheme

On March 27, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges against LottoNet Operating Corp., a Florida-based company, its CEO, and its…

Lawson Financial Corporation Settles Fraud Charges

On April 5, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Lawson Financial Corporation, an Arizona-based brokerage firm, its CEO, and its…

John Bocchino Barred by FINRA

On June 1, 2017, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced that it has barred former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney registered representative…

Medbox Charged by the SEC

On March 9, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Medbox, a California-based company, and its founder with falsely touting “record” revenue…

Verto Capital Settles Charges for Ponzi-like Scheme

On May 4, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Verto Capital Management, a New Jersey-based firm, and its CEO have…

Desarrolladora Homex Settle Fraud Charges

On March 3, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Mexico-based homebuilding company Desarrolladora Homex S.A.B. de C.V. has agreed to…

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