Securities Law

SEC Office of the Investor Advocate Issues Report on Nationally Representative Survey of Investors and Continues Focus on Investment Fraud

December 12, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Investor Advocate today published its Report on Activities for the Fiscal Year 2024 to Congress, highlighting the work of the office during the fiscal year. The report includes: The office’s… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Ken Peterman, Former Comtech CEO, with Insider Trading in Advance of Negative Earnings Announcement

December 11, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Ken Peterman, the former CEO, president, and Chair of the Board of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., in connection with his sale of Comtech shares on the basis of… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Three Individuals with Impersonating Financial Professionals in Fraud Scheme Targeting Retail Investors

December 11, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Chibuzo Augustine Onyeachonam, Stanley Chidubem Asiegbu, and Chukwuebuka Martin Nweke-Eze with fraud for impersonating legitimate securities brokers and investment advisers in an elaborate online… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for Policy Deficiencies that Resulted in Failure to Prevent and Detect its Financial Advisors’ Theft of Investor Funds

December 9, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) with failing to reasonably supervise four investment adviser and registered representatives (hereafter, financial advisors) who stole millions of dollars of… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Ian Bell with Defrauding Professional Athletes and Others in Fraudulent Day-Trading Scheme

December 9, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Denver resident Ian G. Bell with securities fraud for lying to investors and misappropriating their funds in connection with a fraudulent day-trading scheme. The SEC’s complaint alleges that, between… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Announces Departure of Trading and Markets Division Director Haoxiang Zhu

December 9, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Haoxiang Zhu, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets, will depart the agency effective Dec. 10, 2024. Upon Mr. Zhu’s departure, David Saltiel, a Deputy Director who also heads the… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Examine Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Adviser Agreements and Alternative Assets and Retail Investors at December 10 Meeting

December 3, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Dec. 10, 2024, at 10 a.m. ET. The meeting will be webcast on the SEC website. The committee will host two panels: Examining the Use of… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Kiromic BioPharma and Two Former C-Suite Executives with Misleading Investors about Status of FDA Reviews

December 3, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled charges against Houston-based biotherapeutics company Kiromic BioPharma, Inc., its former CEO, Maurizio Chiriva-Internati, and its former chief financial officer, Tony Tontat, for failing to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors

November 27, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 14 soliciting entities, two impersonators of genuine firms, and four… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Ken Leech, Former Co-Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset Management Co., with Fraud

November 25, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against Stephen Kenneth (“Ken”) Leech, the former co-chief investment officer (CIO) of registered investment adviser Western Asset Management Company LLC or WAMCO, for engaging in a… Full report at: Read More

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