Securities Law

SEC Charges Investment Adviser Betterment for Misstatements Concerning Tax Loss Harvesting Service

April 23, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investment advisory firm Betterment LLC for material misstatements and omissions related to its automated tax loss harvesting service (TLH), failing to provide clients with notice of changes to… Full report at: Read More

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Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo, and Ronald Touchard, Civ. Action

April 9, 2023

SEC Obtains Over $1 Million Final Judgment Against Three Individuals in Microcap Fraud Scheme Targeting Retail Investors Read the full report at Read More

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Registration Opens for the SEC’s 42nd Annual Small Business Forum to Impact Capital Raising Policy

April 9, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has opened registration for the SEC’s 42nd Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, which will take place April 24-27. The… Full report at: Read More

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Justin Sun et al.

March 27, 2023
U.S. Capital

Eight Celebrities Also Charged for IIIegal Touting of Sun’s Crypto Asset Securities Read the full report at Read More

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SEC Charges Three Sales Agents at StraightPath Venture Partners With Fraud and Unregistered Broker Activity

March 27, 2023
U.S. Capital

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Scott Hollender, Gabriel Migliano, Jr., and Frank Vecchio for selling interests in shares of pre-IPO companies on behalf of StraightPath Venture Partners LLC, despite not being registered broker-… Full report at: Read More

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Ozy Media, Inc. et al.

March 17, 2023

SEC Obtains Judgments and Bar Against Former Ozy Media Executives Charged in $50 Million Dollar Fraud Read the full report at Read More

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SEC Charges Cannabis Company American Patriot Brands, CEO, and Others with Fraud

March 16, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged American Patriot Brands Inc. (APB), a cannabis cultivation and distribution company, its CEO, and five other entities and individuals for their participation in a long-running scheme in which they… Full report at: Read More

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Ho Wan Kwok (a/k/a Miles Guo, Miles Kwok, Wengui Guo and Brother Seven), Kin Ming Je (a/k/a William Je), Mountains of Spices LLC (d/b/a New York Farm), and G Club Operations LLC, Defendants, and Mei Guo, Qiang Guo (a/k/a Mileson Guo), Hing Chi Ngok, and Sin Ting Rong, Relief Defendants

March 15, 2023

SEC Charges Exiled Chinese Businessman Miles Guo and His Financial Advisor William Je in $850 Million Fraud Scheme Read the full report at Read More

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Darius Karpavicius, HMC Trading, LLC, and HMC Management

March 15, 2023

SEC Charges Darius Karpavicius in $4 Million Offering Fraud for Operating Tbo Capital Group and Gray Capital Group Read the full report at Read More

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SEC Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Cybersecurity Risk Management Rules and Amendments for Registered Investment Advisers and Funds

March 15, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today reopened the comment period on proposed rules and amendments related to cybersecurity risk management and cybersecurity-related disclosure for registered investment advisers, registered investment companies,… Full report at: Read More

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