Securities Law

Ashraf Mufareh; ONPASSIVE LLC a/k/a Gofounders and Ofounders; Asmahan Mufareh (relief defendant)

August 15, 2023

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SEC Charges UK Audit Firm, CEO, and Senior Auditor for Failures in Connection with De-SPAC Transaction

August 14, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Crowe U.K. LLP, a London based audit firm, its CEO, Nigel Bostock, and senior auditor, Matthew Stallabrass, for the firm’s deficient audit of music streaming company Akazoo Limited. Crowe U.K., Bostock… Full report at: Read More

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Colombian Conglomerate Grupo Aval and Its Bank Subsidiary to Pay $40 Million to Settle FCPA Violations

August 10, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Colombian conglomerate Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A., aka Grupo Aval S.A., and its bank subsidiary, Corporación Financiera Colombiana S.A. (Corficolombiana), with violating the Foreign Corrupt… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges 11 Wall Street Firms with Widespread Recordkeeping Failures

August 8, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against 10 firms in their capacity as broker-dealers and one dually registered broker-dealer and investment adviser for widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their employees… Full report at: Read More

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Fund Administrator Charged For Missing Red Flags

August 7, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Theorem Fund Services LLC (TFS), a fund administrator based in Boca Raton, Florida, for failing to respond to red flags relating to a fraud against a private fund and its… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Awards More Than $104 Million to Seven Whistleblowers

August 4, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $104 million to seven individuals whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action and related actions brought by another agency. Today’s combined award… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt Utah-Based Company’s Crypto Asset Fraud Scheme Involving 18 Defendants

August 3, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it obtained a temporary asset freeze, restraining order, and other emergency relief against Digital Licensing Inc., a Draper, Utah based entity doing business as “DEBT Box,” as well as the… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Florida Investment Adviser a Second Time for Insider Trading

August 2, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against Charles Rustin Holzer, a family office executive and former broker who last year settled SEC charges that he traded in options of Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (DNB) on… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges New Jersey-Based ETF Manager for Fraudulent Conduct and Bars Founder

August 1, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Samuel Masucci and entities he founded and controls with disadvantaging an exchange traded fund (ETF) they managed and misleading the ETF’s trustees to obtain $20 million in rescue financing to avoid a… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Hex Founder Richard Heart with Misappropriating Millions of Dollars of Investor Funds from Unregistered Crypto Asset Securities Offerings that Raised more than $1 Billion

July 31, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Richard Heart (aka Richard Schueler) and three unincorporated entities that he controls, Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX, with conducting unregistered offerings of crypto asset securities that raised more… Full report at: Read More

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